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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1990
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus uses a photoconductive member in which microcapsules with a liquid crystal material sealed therein are dispersed inside of a photoconductive layer thereof and comprises a charger for uniformly charging the photoconductive member and an LED head for forming an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductive member, and furthermore, comprises a voltage applying device for applying an alternating electric field to the photoconductive member so as to make the electrostatic latent image visible by the phase transition of the liquid crystal material, and a toner sticking device for sticking toner to the photoconductive member so as to make the electrostatic latent image visible. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain both a display image and a printed image having high resolution.
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