摘要:
Provided is an intermediate transfer member, a method of producing the same, and an image forming method and an image forming apparatus thereof having excellent effects such that neither crack nor rupture is generated upon repetitive use, no transferring ratio drops during secondary transfer, and neither white patch of an text image nor white patch of a solid image is generated. Also disclosed is an intermediate transfer member used for an image forming apparatus, wherein a surface of the intermediate transfer member has a hardness of 1.5-3.0 GPa, measured by a nano indentation method, and a hardness of 0.15-0.45 GPa, specified by a universal hardness method.
摘要:
An intermediate transfer material, for use in an image forming apparatus in which a toner image on an electrostatic latent image carrier is transferred onto the intermediate transfer material and the toner image on the intermediate transfer material is further transferred onto a final transfer material, wherein the intermediate transfer material comprises a substrate layer having thereon a surface layer, and the surface layer comprising a cured (meth)acrylic resin. There are also disclosed an image forming method by use of the intermediate transfer material and an image forming apparatus by use of the image forming method.
摘要:
An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, comprising on or over an electrically conductive support a photosensitive layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transfer material, wherein the charge generation material is comprised of two or more compounds represented by the following formula wherein X and Y are each an alkyl group or a halogen atom, n is an integer of 1 to 6 and m is an integer of 0 to 6, and wherein the compounds differ in at least one of m and n of the formula.
摘要:
A photoelectric conversion element comprising an electrically conductive support having thereon an oxide semiconductor electrode comprising an oxide semiconductor which is adsorbed with a dye, and a counter electrode facing the oxide semiconductor electrode through a charge transfer layer, wherein the dye is represented by Formula (1):
摘要:
An intermediate transfer material, for use in an image forming apparatus in which a toner image on an electrostatic latent image carrier is transferred onto the intermediate transfer material and the toner image on the intermediate transfer material is further transferred onto a final transfer material, wherein the intermediate transfer material comprises a substrate layer having thereon a surface layer, and the surface layer comprising a cured (meth)acrylic resin. There are also disclosed an image forming method by use of the intermediate transfer material and an image forming apparatus by use of the image forming method.
摘要:
Provided are a photoreceptor, an image forming method, an image forming apparatus and a processing cartridge exhibiting an excellent effect on high quality toner images with no image defect caused by occurrence of fog, lowered image density and sharpness, or generation of black spots. Disclosed also is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electrically conductive support containing aluminum, an uppermost layer, and at least an intermediate layer containing inorganic particles and binder, the intermediate layer being provided between the support and the uppermost layer, wherein the support has on a surface of the support crystallizing material particles having a diameter of 0.3-10 μm in an amount of being 0.5-20 per (20 μm)2, the inorganic particles have a number average primary particle diameter of 5-300 nm, the intermediate layer is an insulating layer and covered by the uppermost layer.
摘要:
A cleaning device for cleaning a toner from a surface of a cylindrical latent image carrier having; a cleaning blade mechanism which includes a cleaning blade arranged so that a tip edge portion on a first surface of the cleaning blade contacts with the surface of the cylindrical latent image carrier, and a supporting member positioned on a second surface at a base end portion of the cleaning blade to urge the cleaning blade to contact with the surface of the cylindrical latent image carrier; and a laminar vibration-damping member whose base end portion is held by the supporting member on the second surface of the cleaning blade, wherein, on a tip end portion of the vibration-damping member, a plurality of slits are formed so that a plurality of tab portions are formed to be arranged in the axial direction of the cylindrical latent image carrier.
摘要:
A method of forming a toner image is disclosed. The photoreceptor is installed so that the center axis of the cylinder is to be almost horizontal, front edge of the cleaning blade is pressed against surface of the photoreceptor at the top, ratio of width of the photosensitive layer of the photoreceptor to length of the cylindrical electroconductive substrate is 80/100 to 99/100, and a number ratio of toner particles having a shape coefficient of 1.2 to 1.6 is at least 65 percent in the toner particles.
摘要:
A transparent substrate for the electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed. The substrate is cylindrical and made of a polymer resin, and Rz of an inner surface of the cylindrical substrate is not more than 0.5 .mu.m. The electrophotographic photoreceptor employing the substrate is suitably used for imagewise exposure of the electrophotographic photoreceptor from the inside of the cylindrical substrate. An image forming method employing the photoreceptor is also disclosed.
摘要:
A photoelectric conversion element having a pair of electrodes, and a semiconductor layer comprising a semiconductor carrying a dye and an electrolyte layer is disclosed. The dye is represented by Formulas 1 or 2; in Formula 1, Ar1 and Ar2 are each an arylene or heterocyclic group, or a composite group of an arylene group and a heterocyclic group, each of which may have a substituent, Ar3 is an aryl or heterocyclic group or a composite group of an arylene group and a heterocyclic group, each of which may have a substituent, Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 may form a ring by bonding with each other, X1 and X2 are each a straight chain residue having an acidic group which may have a mono-valent substituent, and one to eight saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 30 carbon atoms are bonded to Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3; in the formula, Ar11, Ar12, Ar13, Ar14 and Ar15 are each an arylene or heterocyclic group, or a composite group of an arylene group and a heterocyclic group, each of which may have a substituent, Ar11, Ar12, Ar13, Ar14 and Ar15 may form a ring by bonding with together, at least two of X11, X12, X13 and X14 are each an alkyl or alkenyl group having an acidic group which may have a mono-valent substituent and the remainders are each a hydrogen atom, and one to eight saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 30 carbon atoms are bonded to Ar11, Ar12, Ar13, Ar14 and Ar15.