Image formation method and image formation apparatus
US5745818A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 17, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0495
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image formation method for forming an image of a plurality of colors through a charging step, an image exposing step, a developing step and a transferring step, wherein the image exposing step is made up of a first image exposing step and a second image exposing step, the developing step of at least one color is carried out after the first image exposing step, and in the subsequent second image exposing step, the toner image area formed by the developing step is exposed and charge latent images for forming toner images of the rest of the colors are formed while a potential of the toner image area is selectively shifted.
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