Circulation imaging method

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR IMAGING COMPRISING: A. PROVIDING AN IMAGING MEMBER COMPRISING ON AN ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 12 MICRON THICK SOFTENABLE CIRCULATION LAYER A SOFTENABLE PHOTOCONDUCTIVE LAYER OF ABOUT 0.5 TO ABOUT 5 MICRON THICKNESS; EACH OF SAID LAYERS COMPRISING ELECTRICALLY INSULATING SOFTENABLE MATERIAL AND SAID PHOTOCONDUCTIVE LAYER COMPRISING A VOLUME RATIO OF ABOUT 1.8 TO ABOUT 7:1 PHOTOSENSITIVE PARTICLES DISPERSED IN SOFTENABLE MATERIAL; SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS CAPABLE OF HAVING THEIR VISCOSITY REDUCED SO AS TO ALLOW CIRCULATION OF MATERIALS THEREIN THE RESPONSE TO A CHARGE DENSITY, OF FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 80 VOLTS PER MICRON AND CAST FROM MATERIALS SUFFICIENTLY DISSIMILAR WHEREIN MIXING OF IMAGING MEMBER LAYERS IN BULK IN THE ABSENCE OF CIRCULATION IS PREVENTED; B. CHARGING THE SURFACE OF SAID IMAGING MEMBER AT LEAST AT SAID CHARGE DENSITY; C. IMAGEWISE EXPOSING SAID IMAGING MEMBER TO ACTIVATING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; AND D. SOFTENING SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS BY REDUCING THEIR VISCOSITY WHEREIN CIRCULATION OF SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS OCCURS SUFFICIENTLY TO EFFECT BULK MIXING OF SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS IN NON-IMAGEWISE-EXPOSED PORTIONS OF SAID IMAGING MEMBER; THE RESULTANT MIXTURE OF SAID LAYERS HAVING AT LEAST ONE CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTY THAT IS DISTINCT FROM THAT OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS IN UNMIXED PORTIONS OF SAID IMAGING MEMBER.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR IMAGING COMPRISING: A. PROVIDING AN IMAGING MEMBER COMPRISING ON AN ABOUT 1 TO ABOUT 12 MICRON THICK SOFTENABLE CIRCULATION LAYER A SOFTENABLE PHOTOCONDUCTIVE LAYER OF ABOUT 0.5 TO ABOUT 5 MICRON THICKNESS; EACH OF SAID LAYERS COMPRISING ELECTRICALLY INSULATING SOFTENABLE MATERIAL AND SAID PHOTOCONDUCTIVE LAYER COMPRISING A VOLUME RATIO OF ABOUT 1.8 TO ABOUT 7:1 PHOTOSENSITIVE PARTICLES DISPERSED IN SOFTENABLE MATERIAL; SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS CAPABLE OF HAVING THEIR VISCOSITY REDUCED SO AS TO ALLOW CIRCULATION OF MATERIALS THEREIN THE RESPONSE TO A CHARGE DENSITY, OF FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 80 VOLTS PER MICRON AND CAST FROM MATERIALS SUFFICIENTLY DISSIMILAR WHEREIN MIXING OF IMAGING MEMBER LAYERS IN BULK IN THE ABSENCE OF CIRCULATION IS PREVENTED; B. CHARGING THE SURFACE OF SAID IMAGING MEMBER AT LEAST AT SAID CHARGE DENSITY; C. IMAGEWISE EXPOSING SAID IMAGING MEMBER TO ACTIVATING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; AND D. SOFTENING SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS BY REDUCING THEIR VISCOSITY WHEREIN CIRCULATION OF SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS OCCURS SUFFICIENTLY TO EFFECT BULK MIXING OF SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS IN NON-IMAGEWISE-EXPOSED PORTIONS OF SAID IMAGING MEMBER; THE RESULTANT MIXTURE OF SAID LAYERS HAVING AT LEAST ONE CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTY THAT IS DISTINCT FROM THAT OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SOFTENABLE LAYERS IN UNMIXED PORTIONS OF SAID IMAGING MEMBER.