| abstract |
A flexible imaging member seam treatment method comprising bonding anthermoplastic polymer film to the seam of the flexible imaging member after placing the film onnthe seam. The film is bonded by heating the film above a glass transition temperature of at leastnone of a thermoplastic polymer from which the film is made and a polymer from which annimaging layer of the flexible imaging member is made. The film can be formed on a flexible,nremovable substrate. Treatment according to embodiments significantly improves seam regionnphysical properties, greatly reducing cracking and delamination resulting from bending stressesninduced by traversal of rollers. |