(under subclass 183) Subject matter wherein a means or method is provided for selecting the color developer material being applied to a selected portion of an image-bearing member to produce a copy having a different color than the original.
(1) Note. This subject matter also including the achromatic
colors -- black, gray, and white -- or transparent areas.
(2) Note. Developer material may be magnetic or nonmagnetic toner particles, or toner particles mixed with a liquid carrier material, or magnetic or nonmagnetic toner particles mixed with magnetic particles that act as carriers under the influence of a magnetic field.
(3) Note. The apparatus can also be selectively operated to produce a copy with only one color of toner present in the reproduction.
(4) Note. In most cases the units not being selected are inoperative after the time of selection. Selection may be done by an operator or automatically.
(5) Note. A full color reproduction contains all of the chromatic colors in the original. It is usually achieved by using substractive color primaries (e.g., cyan, magenta, and yellow).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 28, for analyzing a malfunction or potential malfunction of color reproduction.
39+, for balance control of color.
54, for color selection control.
112, for a modular or displaceable color process cartridge unit.
178+, for formation of color separation images.
223+, for development (e.g., applicators) of a color image.
298+, for transfer of a color image.
326, for fixing or fusing of a color image.
344, for cleaning a color-image-bearing surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof,
42+, for related subject matter (i.e., colored image products).
