METHOD OF IMPROVING MAXIMUM DENSITY AND TONE RANGE OF ELECTRONIC RECORD IMAGE

摘要

The image quality obtainable by an electrographic copying process in which an electrostatic latent image formed by imagewise exposure of a uniformly charged photoconductive layer, or otherwise, is developed with a toner can be improved if the latent image comprises discrete charge bearing zones, preferably formed by a supplementary exposure through a half-tone screen, and if additionally the toner is electrically conductive either intrinsically or as a result of electrical break-down. In this manner, the maximum density obtainable in a copy can be increased and the contrast decreased sufficiently to allow good reproduction of both continuous tone and high contrast images.