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US 2001/0055504 A1Published application
Electrophotographic apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorISAMI ITOH
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an electrophotographic apparatus including decreasing means for decreasing the potential difference between the potential of the toner-adhering portion of the photosensitive body and the potential of the toner-non-adhering portion of the photosensitive body after the development by the developing means and before the transfer by the transferring means.
Claims7
An electrophotographic apparatus comprising;
- a photosensitive body having a photosensitive layer provided with a charge transporting layer and a charge creating layer, thickness of said charge transporting layer being 15 μm or less;
- electrostatic image forming means for forming an electrostatic image on said photosensitive body, said electrostatic image forming means being provided with charging means for charging said photosensitive body, and exposure means for image-exposing said photosensitive body charged by said charging means, the resolution of said electrostatic image being 600 dpi or greater;
- developing means for developing said electrostatic image with a toner to thereby form a toner image;
- transferring means for electrostatically transferring said toner image to a transfer material;
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- decreasing means for decreasing the potential difference between the potential of the toner-adhering portion of said photosensitive body and the potential of the toner-non-adhering portion of said photosensitive body after the development by said developing means and before the transfer by said transferring means.
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