Imaging process using flexible electrostatographic imaging membe

Details Imaging process using flexible electrostatographic imaging membe Imaging process using flexible electrostatographic imaging membe

1995-01-06

1997-02-25

Beatty, Robert

Electrophotography

Image formation

Photoconductive member

430 58, G03G 500

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056063962

ABSTRACT:
An electrostatographic imaging process is disclosed which includes providing a flexible electrostatographic, particularly electrophotographic, imaging belt including a substrate layer, a charge generating layer, charge transport layer, and two parallel longitudinal edges, the imaging belt having a charge transport layer tension strain of less than about 0.05 percent across the width of the belt, mounting the imaging belt on a plurality of spaced apart support rollers, transporting the belt around the support rollers, repeatedly applying a cross belt compression strain distributed in an arcuate gradient of increasing intensity from the longitudinal centerline of the belt to each of the edges of the belt, the strain applied at each of the edges of the belt repeatedly peaking to an intensity at the longitudinal edges of at least about 0.6 percent greater than the strain applied to the centerline of the belt, forming an electrostatic latent image on the belt, developing the electrostatic latent image with toner to form a toner image corresponding to the latent image, transferring the toner image to a receiving member, and repeating the forming, developing and transferring steps at least once. The flexible electrostatographic imaging belt may be fabricated without an anti-curl layer in a continuous process.

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