Liquid developer system employing a pretransfer station

This invention relates generally to liquid ink development of images in an electrostatographic printing machine, and more particularly, concerns a method for improving transfer of develop images onto receiving substrates. A liquid electrophotographic reproduction machine including an image bearing member movable along a process path; latent image means mounted along the process path for forming a latent image electrostatically on the image bearing member; a development unit mounted along the process path and containing liquid developer material including a liquid carrier and dispersed charged toner particles for developing the latent image to form a toner image; a pre-transfer station for increasing adhesiveness of the toner image, the pre-transfer station includes an applicator member which applies a cohesion increasing (Cl) solution on the toner image; and a transfer station for transferring the toner image onto a receiving substrate.