Nec Corporation

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Takeshi Hori

Tomoyuki Yoshii

Yasuhiro Funayama

Tsutomu Uezono

Printing system of ink jet printer and ink selecting method

An ink set is used in a bidirectional print, and each of first and second absorption quantity differences is equal to or less than 10 ml/m in a contact time of 10 msec. in a dynamic scanning absorption meter. The first absorption quantity difference indicates difference between a absorption quantity when a first ink of the ink set is applied on a paper sheet on which a second ink of the ink set is applied and which is used for a print operation, and a absorption quantity when the first ink is applied on the paper sheet on which no ink is applied. The second absorption quantity difference indicates difference between an absorption quantity when the second ink is applied on the paper sheet on which the first ink is applied, and an absorption quantity when the second ink is applied on the paper sheet on which no ink is applied.

Ink-jet printer, ink cartridge for the same

An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a particle conveying body made up of a light-transmitting conductive layer, an insulative'screen provided on the conductive layer and formed with a number of pores, and a screen electrode formed on the screen. Photoconductive, colored particles are charged to negative polarity and then caused to fill the pores by an electric field. When the particles in the pores are exposed via the conductive layer, electron-hole pairs are generated in the particles. An electric field of as high as 10 V/cm or above is formed between the conductive layer and the screen electrode and separates the electrons and holes. The electrons leak to the conductive layer and cause the particles to be charged to positive polarity. An electric field formed between a facing electrode positioned behind a recording medium and the conductive layer causes the particles to fly toward and deposit on the medium.

Image forming apparatus and image forming method

Porous photosensitive body and method of manufacturing same

A porous photosensitive unit has a transparent conductive layer formed on a surface of a transparent substrate. A photoconductive layer is formed on a surface of the transparent conductive layer. A porous insulating layer formed on a surface of the photoconductive layer has a plurality of holes for holding conductive color particles. The plurality of holes includes a first hole and the adjacent second and third holes. An upper or screen electrode is formed on a surface of the porous insulating layer except where the holes are formed. The photosensitive unit includes an optical arrangement in which, when a light source emits light to cause conductive color particles to fly out of the first hole only, the light exposes a region, within the photoconductive layer, which substantially coextends with a surface portion of the photoconductive layer that is exposed by the first hole.

Photosensitive unit, light source and image forming apparatus

An image recording apparatus and an image recording method enable high density and without blank space between pixels printed on a recording medium to be printed. The image recording apparatus comprises a multi-hole photoreceptor provided with a transparent conductive layer, photoconductive layer, and multi-hole layer having a plurality of holes arranged with equal interval, on a transparent supporting structure, and an opposite electrode arranged so as to be opposite to the multi-hole photoreceptor with interval while inserting a recording medium. Conductive colored particles which fly in order from a plurality of holes of the multi-hole photoreceptor form respective pixels by driving the multi-hole photoreceptor corresponding to the pixel.

Image recording apparatus and image recording method

A method for manufacturing a photoreceptor includes the steps of consecutively forming a transparent conductive layer, a photoconductive layer, insulation layer and an electrode layer on a transparent support member, covering the electrode layer with a photo-setting dry film having a mask pattern therein, and sand-blasting the electrode layer and the insulation layer through the mask pattern to form an array of pores in the electrode layer and the insulation layer. A porous layer having a uniform thickness and uniform arrangement of pores can be obtained.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Hori