Electrophotographic printer and printing method using specific intermediate transfer drum and transfer roller arrangement
US5784677A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0626
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrophotographic printer includes: a photosensitive drum; a latent image forming portion for forming electrostatic latent images on the photosensitive drum based on print information; a developing portion for developing the electrostatic latent images using toner; an intermediate transfer drum for receiving the toner images from the photosensitive drum; a transportation portion for delivering a recording medium; and a transfer roll for transferring the toner image from the intermediate transfer roll to the recording medium. A pressure force P.sub.1 between the photosensitive drum and the intermediate transfer drum is less than a pressure force P.sub.2 between the transfer roll and the intermediate transfer drum. P.sub.1 and P.sub.2 may also have the relationship P.sub.1 .gtoreq.P.sub.2 sin.theta., where .theta. is an angle formed between a line through the centers of rotation of the intermediate transfer drum and the transfer roll, and a line perpendicular to a line through the centers of rotation of the photosensitive drum and the intermediate transfer drum. The transfer roll may be separated from the intermediate transfer drum when the image is transferred from the photosen…
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