Patent ID: 6336021
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A color electrophotographic apparatus, comprising:an image holder having a movable image-holding surface; a plurality of developing agent image forming units each comprising a latent image forming device configured to form a latent image on the image-holding surface, a developing device configured to form an image of a developing agent on the image-holding surface by supplying a liquid developer containing a toner and a solvent onto the image-holding surface having the latent image formed thereon, and a solvent recovery device including a solvent recovery surface and configured to recover at least partially the solvent from the image-holding surface, the solvent recovery surface being apart from the image-holding surface and in contact with the solvent attached to the image-holding surface in a position closest to the image-holding surface and moving in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the image-holding surface at the position closest to the image-holding surface, the latent image forming device, the developing device and the solvent recovery device facing the image-holding surface in the order mentioned in the moving direction of the image-holding surface; a transfer unit facing the image-holding surface and configured to transfer the developing agent images from the image-holding surface onto a transfer material; and a control unit connected to each of the solvent recovery devices and configured to control each moving speed of the solvent recovery-surfaces at 1 to 4 times as high as the moving speed of the image-holding surface.