Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Norie Takebayashi

Yoshio Takasu

Shozo Ishikawa

Takashi Tanaka

Naoto Fujimura

Kiyoshi Sakai

Toshiyuki Yoshihara

Masakazu Matsumoto

Masaki Kuribayashi

Minoru Mabuchi

Takeshi Fujita

Akihiro Sonobe

An electrophotographic process comprising the steps of:

Electrophotographic process

An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a layer containing at least one azo pigment represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## in the formula, Cp represents a coupler residue; A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represent a divalent organic residue; n represents 0 or 1; and when n is 0, A.sub.3 represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or --(CH.dbd.CH).sub.l --R', wherein R' is a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring residue an l is 0, 1 or 2, and when n is 1, A.sub.3 represents a divalent organic residue.

Electrophotographic photosensitive member with disazo or trisazo compound

An electrophotographic photosensitive member is characterized by having a layer containing at least one hydrazone compound represented by the following formula [I] or [II]: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 represent hydrogen, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, or substituted amino, provided that at least one of R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 is substituted amino or alkoxy; R.sub.13 and R.sub.14 represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, provided that at least one of R.sub.13 and R.sub.14 is substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or R.sub.13 and R.sub.14, together with the nitrogen atom which links them, represent a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; R.sub.15, R.sub.16, R.sub.17, and R.sub.18 represent hydrogen, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, or substituted amino; m and n represent 0 or 1; R.sub.21 and R.sub.22 represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or R.sub.21 and R.sub.22, together with the nitrogen atom which links them, represent a five- or six-membered ring; R.sub.23 and R.sub.24 represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or R.sub.23 and R.sub.24, together with the nitrogen atom which links them, represent a five- or six-membered ring; R.sub.25 and R.sub.26 represent hydrogen, halogen, nitro, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, substituted or unsubstituted acyl, or substituted or unsubstituted amino; and R represents divalent organic residue.

Electrophotographic photosensitive member

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Norie Takebayashi