APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING THE VOLTAGE ON A PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DEVICE

An apparatus and method for maintaining a constant voltage potential on a photoconductive member within an electrophotographic printing system comprises and utilizes, respectively, a charging device, a voltage monitor and a controller. The charging device produces a voltage potential on a photoconductive member within the electrophotographic printing system. The voltage monitor measures the voltage on the photoconductive member and generates a voltage measured signal. The controller, responsive to the voltage measure signal, stores a target voltage value and computes the difference of the measured voltage signal and the target voltage value to obtain a voltage error for a prior print job. The controller computes a predicted control signal for the corresponding cycle of the next successive print job as a function of the voltage error and regulates the charging device for the corresponding cycle of the next successive print job as a function of the predicted control signal.