Nano-structure based system and method for charging a photoconductive surface
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1. A system for charging a photoconductive surface being suitable for use in forming an image on a substrate, said system comprising:
- an at least partial vacuum chamber;
at least one nanostructure being disposed within said vacuum chamber and suitable for emitting electrons; and
,at least one cap disposed with respect to said at least one nanostructure such that electrons emitted from said at least one nanostructure and colliding with said cap to emit radiation suitable for charging at least one portion of said photoconductive surface.
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Abstract
A system for charging a photoconductive surface being suitable use in forming an image on a substrate, the system including: an at least partial vacuum chamber; at least one nanostructure being disposed within the vacuum chamber and suitable for emitting electrons; and, at least one cap disposed with respect to the at least one nanostructure such that electrons emitted from the at least one nanostructure and colliding with the cap cause radiation suitable for charging the photoconductive surface.
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1. A system for charging a photoconductive surface being suitable for use in forming an image on a substrate, said system comprising:
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an at least partial vacuum chamber; at least one nanostructure being disposed within said vacuum chamber and suitable for emitting electrons; and
,at least one cap disposed with respect to said at least one nanostructure such that electrons emitted from said at least one nanostructure and colliding with said cap to emit radiation suitable for charging at least one portion of said photoconductive surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for charging a photoconductive surface being suitable for use in forming an image on a substrate, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving information being indicative of said image to be formed on said substrate; and
,selectively inducing at least one of a plurality of nanostructures being disposed within a vacuum chamber to emit electrons that cause electromagnetic radiation to impinge upon said photoconductive surface thereby creating an electrostatic representation of said image to be formed on said substrate on said photoconductive surface depending upon said received information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A controller for charging a photoconductive surface being suitable for use in forming an image on a substrate, said controller comprising a computer program product being embodied in a tangible medium, said computer program product comprising:
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code for receiving information being indicative of said image to be formed on said substrate; and
,code for selectively inducing at least one of a plurality of nanostructures being disposed within a vacuum chamber to emit electrons that cause electromagnetic radiation to impinge upon said photoconductive surface thereby creating an electrostatic representation of said image to be formed on said substrate on said photoconductive surface depending upon said received information. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A system for forming an image on a substrate, said system comprising:
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at least one photoconductive surface; an at least partial vacuum chamber; at least one nanostructure being disposed within said vacuum chamber and suitable for emitting electrons; and
,at least one cap disposed with respect to said at least one nanostructure such that electrons emitted from said at least one nanostructure and colliding with said cap cause radiation suitable for charging at least one portion of said photoconductive surface with an electrostatic image of said image to be formed on said substrate. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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