Electrophotographic printer

An electrophotographic printer comprising:

• a photosensitive medium having a movable photosensitive surface;
• means for uniformly charging the photosensitive surface of the photosensitive medium;
• means for forming an electrostatic latent image on the charged photosensitive surface;
• developing means for affixing toner to the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive surface by use of a developer, so as to obtain a toner image;
• a feeding device for feeding a continuous recording sheet to the photosensitive medium,
• tractor means, located on an upstream side of the photosensitive medium with reference to a feeding direction of the continuous recording sheet, for feeding the continuous recording sheet to the photosensitive medium;
• and
• pull means, located on a downstream side of the photosensitive medium with reference to the feeding direction of the continuous recording sheet, for pulling the continuous recording sheet from the photosensitive medium, said pull means having:
• (a) a pair of rolls isolated from each other in the feeding direction;
• (b) an endless belt which is extended between the rolls and which can be electrically charged;
• (c) driving means for rotating one of the rolls, to thereby cause the endless belt to travel in one direction;
• (d) charging means, arranged in the neighborhood of the endless belt, for electrically charging the endless belt;
• and (e) means located in the neighborhood of the endless belt for preventing the endless belt from being electrically overcharged;
• means for transferring the toner image from the photosensitive medium onto the continuous recording sheet;
• a cleaning device for clearing the photosensitive surface of the photosensitive medium, so as to remove the developer which remains on the photosensitive surface after the toner image is transferred onto the continuous recording sheet;
• a photographic fixing device for fixing the toner image transferred onto the continuous recording sheet;
• and
• means for removing electric charges from the photosensitive surface of the photosensitive medium after the photosensitive surface is cleaned by the cleaning device.