Patent ID: 6560435
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An electrophotographic image forming device which comprises a photosensitive body, an exposure means which forms an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive body, a developing means which develops the electrostatic latent image in different colors to form toner images, an intermediate transfer body onto which the developed toner images of different colors are transferred in an overlapping manner, a transfer means which transfers the image on the intermediate transfer body on a record medium and a fixing means which fixes the image on the record medium, and the record medium being separated from the transfer means by means of decharging, characterized in that projections having a height of more than 20 &mgr;m and less than 60 &mgr;m are provided on a surface of the intermediate transfer body, the projection height of more than 90% of the projections is less than 60 &mgr;m, the projection height of more than 30% of the projections is more than 20 &mgr;m and a part of the more than 30% of the projections includes projections having a height of more than 30 &mgr;m.