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Figure 4-6 Developing stage The toner has an insulating property and has negative charge potential from friction with the rotating developing cylinder and the developing blade surface. The area of the photosensitive drum, where the laser beam is exposed, has higher potential than the toner, which is charged negatively on the cylinder. When this area contacts the toner layer (negatively charged), the toner jumps onto the drum surface by the potential difference between the drum surface and the cylinder (higher potential on drum side). This is called the projection development and it visualizes the electrostatic latent image on the drum. The developing cylinder is applied the AC bias in order to make the toner jump easier onto the drum surface and improve the contrast of the output image. This printer is able to adjust the image density by changing the potential difference between the cylinder and the photosensitive drum surface according to changes of the developing DC bias based on the IMAGE DENSITY INFORMATION signal sent from the formatter. The developing sheet improves the print quality and also prevents toner from scattering. Print cartridge The cartridge forms a visible toner image on the photosensitive drum. There are four print cartridges: magenta (M), cyan (C), yellow (Y), and black (K). 64 Chapter 4 Operational theory ENWW