Abstract:
In order to derive prints from electrical signals at speeds which are required by modern information transmission, a latent image is produced on a moving recording sheet by the electrolytic dissolution of a metal such as silver from an array of anodes onto the sheet. The latent image is subsequently intensified and made visible by the deposition of additional metal on the metal image particles from a solution. Because of the small amount of catalyst such as silver needed on the sheet to develop the image, the erosion of the anodes is relatively slow. The production of one 8 1/2 X 11 inch sheet of printed matter every 2 seconds is well within the capabilities of the process.