The role of paper-nip interactions on electrostatic toner transfer forces in Xerographic printing

Tao Wu, Chaohui Tong and Nikolas Provatas

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2008, vol. 14, issue 1/2, 52-65

Abstract: We present a new model that uses a 3D stochastic fibre networks to simulate the role of paper structure and paper-nip interactions on the process of toner transfer in Xerographic printing. Our simulations show that the surface properties of paper under deformation in the print nip are critical in establishing the electrostatic field responsible for transferring toner to paper. When the spatial distributions of simulated electrostatic transfer fields – established in the presence of paper surfaces in a state of z-compression – are compared to the distribution of toner experimentally printed onto laboratory handsheet, good agreement is found.

Keywords: digital printing; xerography; computer modelling; paper physics; paper-nip interactions; electrostatic toner; transfer forces; stochastic fibre networks; xerographic printing; simulation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=17485 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijmtma:v:14:y:2008:i:1/2:p:52-65

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().