Patent ID: 6553196
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:a photosensitive member; charging means for charging said photosensitive member; exposing means for exposing said photosensitive member charged by said charging means so as to form a latent image on said photosensitive member; and light irradiating means for irradiating light on said photosensitive member to eliminate a light memory of said photosensitive member, wherein said light irradiating means irradiates said photosensitive member with an amount of light larger than a minimum amount of light for eliminating a light memory in a period between an image forming operation for developing a latent image formed on said photosensitive member with toner and transferring the toner image to a recording material and an image forming operation with respect to the next recording material.