In this work we extend the Gutman and Hartmann triboelectric charging model for two-component developers to include the case of uncharged toner added to a charged developer (toner and carrier are charged). In the previous work, we examined the toner charging process when uncharged toner is mixed with uncharged carrier to form a developer. Now we examine the toner charging process when uncharged toner is mixed into a charged developer – a process we call toner admix. We will develop a model and compare it to experimental results. A toner charge spectrograph is used to measure the change in charge of the incumbent toner as well as the charge of the freshly added, uncharged toner.
E. J. Gutman, D. Mattison, "A Model for the Charging of Fresh Toner Added to a Two-Component Charged Developer" in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP14), 1998, pp 353 - 357, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.1998.14.1.art00006_2