Patent 7486920 was granted and assigned to Eastman Kodak on February, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and a device to electrostatically discharge a printing material, to which a toner has been applied, in an appropriate manner. The method is provided for electrically discharging certain areas of a toner-coated printing material, in particular for an electrophotographic printing machine. The discharge device is provided for a printing machine, specifically for an electrophotographic printing machine, for electrically discharging toner-coated printing material. The device uses a control device for electrically discharging certain areas of the printing material.