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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1997
Hiroaki Takamura, Odawara, JP;
Takahiro Choda, Yokohama, JP;
Itaru Ogawa, Yokohama, JP;
Mamoru Nozomi, Odawara, JP;
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic copying method, which comprises conducting each process of at least charging, exposing to light, developing and transferring, characterized in that the photoreceptor has at least an undercoat layer and a photosensitive layer on an electroconductive substrate, wherein the undercoat layer contains a semiconductive material having a band gap of at least 2.2 eV and a binder resin, the photosensitive layer contains at least a phthalocyanine compound as a charge-generation material, and image-formation is carried out from the first revolution of the photoreceptor.