Method for applying a flocculating coating composition including maintaining turbulent flow conditions during extrusion

A process for forming a coating from a flocculating coating composition for an electrophotographic imaging member comprising organic pigment particles dispersed in a solution of a film forming binder dissolved in a fugitive liquid carrier, transporting said coating composition from a pump through a mixing device, through an inlet of an extrusion die, through a manifold of said die, through an extrusion slot of said extrusion die and onto a substrate, subjecting said coating composition to a pressure drop of at least 10 psi across said mixing device immediately prior to transporting said coating composition through said inlet of said extrusion die, maintaining said coating composition in turbulent flow under shear conditions having an average value of at least about 10 reciprocal seconds while transporting said coating composition through said inlet of an extrusion die, through said manifold of said die, through said extrusion slot of said extrusion die and onto said substrate to form a coating layer on said substrate, maintaining the residence time of said coating composition in said extrusion die to less than about 5 seconds, and removing said fugitive liquid from said coating prior to agglomeration of said organic pigment particles while maintaining said coating composition in said coating layer in an undisturbed condition until said coating solidifies.