Awarded for the Technology of Transporting Lightweight Paper Through the Toner Transfer Area
SINGAPORE, March 26, 2015 – Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. has received the 2015 Technology Prize from the Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology for its technology of transporting lightweight paper through the toner transfer area in its color on-demand publishing systems (hereinafter, the Technology), which is implemented in VersantTM 2100 Press and VersantTM 80 Press, both launched in 2014.
The prize was given for enabling the Presses to be versatile in handling paper as thin as 52 grams per square meters (g/m2) while also realizing high print productivity of 100/80 pages per minute (ppm)*1 using the transfer roll method—a method conventionally known to be difficult in balancing these two aspects.
With this Technology, Fuji Xerox realized a stable paper transport without causing paper jam, even with lightweight papers, from the second transfer area to the next process. During the second transfer process, toner particles are transferred from the intermediate belt to paper by an electric field. This process causes the paper to be charged with static electricity, which often causes papers, especially lightweight papers, to stick to the intermediate belt. To prevent this, the Technology reduces the influence of static electricity against paper by optimizing the structure of the toner transfer area and the electrical properties of its components.
In the existing product*2, Fuji Xerox employed the transfer belt method to prevent lightweight papers from sticking to the intermediate belt; however, this method resulted in the second transfer mechanism to increase in size as the transfer belt method requires mechanisms to control the transfer belt as well as a complex cleaning system. The awarded Technology, therefore, also contributed to downsizing and reducing the cost of the Presses by eliminating the need to adopt the transfer belt method.
The Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology annually awards new, excellent technologies that have made a significant contribution to the development of the printing technology. This was the second time for Fuji Xerox to receive this prize since 2011 when the Company was awarded for its Belt-Roll High-Speed Fusing Technology.
*1 Versant 2100 Press prints A4 non-coated sheets of 52 g/m2 to 300g/m2 at 100 ppm and 350g/m2 at 80 ppm. Versant 80 Press prints A4 non-coated sheets of 52 g/m2 to 220g/m2 at 80 ppm.
*2 Color 1000 Press
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About Fuji Xerox:
Founded in 1962, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. is a leading company in the Document Services & Communications field, offering solutions and services to help customers resolve their business challenges. Underlying our solutions and services are our world-class office multifunction devices, printers and production printers that we develop and manufacture for worldwide distribution. Together with cloud and mobile solutions, Fuji Xerox builds a communications environment that enable our customers to access the right information, at the right time, and in the right form—thereby contributing to their valuable communications.
Fuji Xerox is a 75-25 joint venture between FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation and Xerox Corporation, and its direct sales force covers Japan and the Asia-Pacific region including China. We employ approximately 45,000 people globally, with more than 80 domestic and overseas affiliates / sales subsidiaries.
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