Claims
- 1. A color print engine for use in an electrophotographic system comprising in combination:
- a first closed belt carrying said photoreceptor thereon having a characteristic first length, said first belt being driven around a pair of rollers laterally disposed so that said first belt includes an elongated horizontal upper surface;
- a second electrostatic transfer closed belt having a characteristic second length, said second length being nominally an integer submultiple of said first length, said second electrostatic transfer closed belt being driven about a plurality of rollers so that a predetermined portion of said second belt contacts said first belt at one of said pair of rollers;
- image source means disposed above said first belt and for creating an electrostatic image on said photoreceptor in response to said light;
- at least four developer modules for carrying at least four distinct toners disposed above said elongated horizontal upper surface of said first belt, each of said developer modules including a toner exit opening, and all of said toner exit openings being disposed in a common plane substantially parallel to said elongated horizontal upper surface of said first belt;
- a fuser disposed below said elongated horizontal upper surface of said first belt and to one side of the bottommost one of said plurality of rollers carrying said second belt;
- a paper tray disposed below said first belt and aligned with said fuser so as to provide a substantially straight horizontal paper path from said paper tray under said bottommost one of said plurality of rollers carrying said second belt, on to said fuser.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 791,218 filed Oct. 25, 1985 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,652,115, entitled "IMPROVED PRINT ENGINE FOR COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY".
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