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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hidetoshi Hara, Shiga, JP;
Shigehiro Hano, Otsu, JP;
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/502 ; G03G 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/502 ; G03G 2/100 ;
Abstract
An image forming method and image forming apparatus in which a toner image formed on an image carrier ( ) through steps of discharging, main charging, exposure and development is transferred to a recording medium (S) and then fixed as an image using flash light. The image forming apparatus ( ) has a secondary charger ( ) for secondarily charging the image carrier to have the same polarity as a polarity given by a main charger ( ) and a surface potential larger in absolute value than a surface potential given by the main charger.