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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Takahiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Taketoshi Hoshizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Nukada, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhide Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Koseki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Bando, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Taketoshi Hoshizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumi Nukada, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhide Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Koseki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Bando, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an image forming apparatus comprising at least: an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising at least a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate; a charging device; an exposure device; a developing device; and a transfer device, wherein the exposure device is of a multi beam exposure system which has a surface emitting laser array having two or more light-emitting elements as an exposure light source and which scan the electrophotographic photoreceptor with plural light beams thereby forming electrostatic latent image, and wherein the outermost layer in the electrophotographic photoreceptor, positioned most distant from the conductive substrate, contains a silicon-containing resin containing at least a charge transporting compound or a characteristic group derived from a charge transporting compound, and having a structure in which bonds formed by crosslinking of an O atom with neighboring Si atoms are formed three dimensionally.