Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Minoru Saito

Ryoichi Namiki

Noboru Kutsuwada

Katsuo Kusunoki

A photosensitive member is exposed to light prior to primary charging so that the surface potential applied by primary charging may always be maintained at a constant level to which the photosensitive member is always charged when it is repetitively used for some time, which may be predetermined by test. Until the surface potential reaches this level, the intensity of light for pre-exposure is gradually decreased and after the surface potential has reached this level, no pre-exposure is applied. But when the surface potential rises after a predeterminable period during which the photosensitive member is not used, the pre-exposure is applied again. All the copies may have the same density.

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Hachioji, Japan

Minoru Saito