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(11) EP 0 094 831 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.10.1984 Bulletin 1984/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.11.1983 Bulletin 1983/47

(21) Application number: 83302786

(22) Date of filing: 17.05.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 18.05.1982 GB 8214429

(71) Applicant: P.A. Management Consultants Limited
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(72) Inventors:
  • Humberstone, Victor Carey
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  • Plummer, Dexter Robert
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(54) Improvements relating to electrophotography


(57) A method of preprinting information, e.g. coordinate information, onto a sheet of unexposed electrophotographic material is disclosed. The method comprises either (a) depositing an image-forming layer on the electrophotographic material and generating the required preprinted Information as an image in said layer, or (b) securing an image-bearing layer to the electrophotographic material.
There is also disclosed a composite material which comprises an electrophotographic film which comprises a substrate (1; 4; 7; 11) and an image layer (2; 6; 8; 12) having superposed on one surface thereof a secondary, image-bearing or image-receiving layer (3; 5; 9; 13).







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