(57) Apparatus for color printing which employs a conditioning roller (50) for conditioning
a dry toner image (24). An intermediate member (20) first acts as a receptor for marking
particles representing an image, whereby the marking particles may be deposited directly
or indirectly on the member. The member is then exposed, via an internal heat source
(32), to an elevated temperature sufficient to cause the melting and coalescing of
the marking particles. The tackified image (30) is condition by a conditioning roller.
The rollers create a thinner, more cohesive image without degradation of the image
for subsequent imaging. In a multicolor printing configuration, the intermediate member
is advanced and at least a second color marking particles is deposited onto the previous
image. The image is again conditioned by the conditioning roller. When the multicolor,
tackified image is completed, or for monochrome printing, when the single color image
is completed, the intermediate member is advanced so as to place the multicolored
tackified marking particles present on the outer surface thereof into intimate contact
with the surface of a recording sheet (26).
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