Patent ID: 6532031
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising at least: a latent image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a writing device for writing said electrostatic latent image on said latent image carrier, and a developing device for developing said electrostatic latent image on the latent image carrier, wherein said electrostatic latent image, written on said latent image carrier by said writing device, is developed by said developing device, thereby forming an image, said image forming apparatus being characterized inthat said writing device has writing electrodes for writing said electrostatic latent image on said latent image carrier and a flexible substrate for supporting said writing electrodes, wherein said writing electrodes are in contact with said latent image carrier with a small pressing force due to elasticity of said flexible substrate, and that each of said writing electrodes comprises a convexity projecting from said substrate toward said latent image carrier.