Patent ID: 6122468
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:a photoconductive element including a photoconductive film having a thickness of 15 .mu.m or below;an exposing device for forming an electrostatic latent image in a form of dots on said photoconductive element by selectively turning on or turning off a light beam having a beam diameter of 50 .mu.m or below in terms of a 1/e.sup.2 diameter and intense enough to sufficiently attenuate a potential deposited on said photoconductive element; anda developing device for developing the latent image with a dry developer to thereby form a corresponding toner image;wherein tonality is rendered on the basis of a density of the dots for a unit area, and wherein the toner deposits on the dots in an amount 1.2 times greater than an amount to deposit on an area image for a given uniform density and a given unit area.