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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2005
Shigeaki Tokutake, Hachioji, JP;
Masao Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yamazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihiko Eto, Hachioji, JP;
Shigeaki Tokutake, Hachioji, JP;
Masao Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yamazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihiko Eto, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method, comprising the steps of: charging uniformly a surface of an organic photoreceptor while rotating the organic photoreceptor; exposing the charged surface of the photoreceptor with a light beam having a wavelength in the range of 350 nm to 500 nm in a main scanning direction to form a dot-shaped electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor; and developing the dot-shaped electrostatic latent image with toner to form a dot-shaped toner image on the photoreceptor so as to satisfy the following formulas:1.1≦B/A≦1.5 and 10≦A≦50,where A is the length (μm) of an exposed dot of the dot-shaped electrostatic latent image in the main scanning direction, and B is the length (μm) of a toner dot of the dot-shaped toner image in the main scanning direction.