Electrophotographic apparatus comprising photosensitive layer of amorphous silicon type photoconductor

Abstract

Disclosed is an electrophotographic apparatus comprising a photosensitive drum comprising an amorphous silicon type photoconductor layer formed on an electroconductive substrate, a main charging mechanism for charging the surface of the drum with charges having a predetermined polarity, an imagewise exposure mechanism for forming an electrostatic image corresponding to an image of an original on the surface of the drum, a toner development mechanism for forming a toner image corresponding to the electrostatic image, a toner image transfer mechanism for transferring the toner image formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum to a predetermined paper sheet, a toner cleaning mechanism for removing the residual toner adhering to the surface of the photosensitive drum and a fixing mechanism for fixing the transferred toner image to said paper sheet, wherein a heating mechanism is arranged to heat the surface of the photosensitive drum at a temperature of 30.degree. to 40.degree. C. The problem of the flow of an image inherent to the use of an amorphous silicon type photoconductive layer is effectively solved if this electrophotographic apparatus is employed.

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