Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fuji Xerox Corporation

Yusuke Harada

Hidekazu Aonuma

Yasuo Sakaguchi

Kazuyoshi Shimoyama

An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, including a substrate having thereon a photosensitive layer, wherein the substrate is subjected to a wet honing treatment with an abrasive agent which has a Knoop hardness of 1500 to 2900 kg/mm.sup.2, a 50% particle size of 5 to 55 .mu.m in terms of cumulative percentage, and a bulk specific gravity of 0.75 to 1.6 g/ml, at a spraying speed of 20 to 75 m/sec.

Method of wet honing a support for an electrophotographic photoreceptor

An electrophotographic photoreceptor has a photosensitive layer layered on a conductive substrate, and the photoreceptor comprise the improvement wherein a surface roughness of the conductive substrate is such that a center average roughness in standard length at 0.25 mm is not more than 0.6, and the center average roughness and a transmittance at a wavelength of light to which the photosensitive layer is exposed meet the following condition. ##EQU1##

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yusuke Harada