Patent ID: 6091922
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image carrier for forming a toner image on a surface thereof;an intermediate transfer body to a surface of which the toner image is transferred from the surface of said image carrier by primary transfer;first electric field forming means for forming between said image carrier and said intermediate transfer body a static electric field for effecting the primary transfer of the toner image;second electric field forming means for forming between said intermediate transfer body and a recording medium a static electric field for transferring the toner image from the surface of said intermediate transfer body to the recording medium; anddot image forming means for forming a number of uniformly scattered dot toner images in a form of fine dots on the surface of said image carrier in an entire area on which the toner image is formed, said scattered dot toner images being transferred with the toner image from the surface of said image carrier to an image area of the surface of said intermediate transfer body.