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AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsSusumu Yoshino, Koutarou Yoshihara, Masahiko Hodumi
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An image forming method, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus are provided, with which an electrophotographic image that has superior image quality, superior fixing ability and remains good even in a hot and humid environment is obtainable. The image forming method includes: 0developing, with a developing agent, an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of a photoreceptor to form a toner, image; transferring the toner image onto an image receiving member to form a transfer image; and fixing the transferred image onto the image receiving member to form an image, wherein the photoreceptor includes a layer that contains a siloxane compound having charge-transferability and a crosslinking structure, with a compound having acid-adsorbing ability being supplied to the surface of the photoreceptor. The process cartridge and the image forming apparatus are used in the image forming method.
An image forming method comprising:
An image forming apparatus comprising a photoreceptor, latent image forming apparatus for forming an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the photoreceptor, a developing device for developing the latent image using a toner, and a transfer device for transferring the toner image to an image receiving member, wherein the photoreceptor includes at least
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Polymeric photoconductive materials: obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
Inert supplements: inorganic compounds
Inert supplements: organic non-macromolecular compounds
Obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsatured bonds: polycondensates comprising silicon atoms in the main chain
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image forming method utilizing electrophotography and electrostatic recording, to a process cartridge and to an image forming apparatus. In particular, the present invention relates to an image forming method, a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus using a compound having an acid-adsorbing ability.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view for explaining an embodiment in which a compound having acid-adsorbing ability is supplied to the surface of a photoreceptor.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing one example of the layer structure of a photoreceptor.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing another example of the layer structure of a photoreceptor.
An image forming method, a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus according to the present invention will be explained in detail hereinbelow by way of embodiments.
The image forming method of the invention comprises developing an electrostatic latent image, formed on the surface of a photoreceptor, by using a developing agent to form a toner image, transferring the toner image to an image receiving member to form a transferred image and fixing the transferred image to the image receiving member to form an image, wherein the photoreceptor is provided with a layer that contains a siloxane compound having charge-transferability and a crosslinking structure and a compound having acid-adsorbing ability is supplied to the surface of the photoreceptor to form an image.
It is to be noted that the surface of the photoreceptor provided with a layer that contains a siloxane compound having charge-transferability and a crosslinking structure means the whole or a part of a light-sensitive layer of the photoreceptor or a protective layer when the protective layer is formed on the surface of the light-sensitive layer.