Patent ID: 7092661

Claim:
A liquid electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a transfer medium, a photosensitive medium that transfers a toner image onto the transfer medium, a charger that charges the photosensitive medium to a predetermined potential, a laser scanning unit that forms an electrostatic latent image by radiating light onto the surface of a charged photosensitive medium, a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image with toner, and a secondary transfer roller that transfers the toner image transferred onto the transfer medium onto a sheet of paper, the apparatus comprising: a liquid carrier depositing unit that is arranged at a forward direction of the secondary transfer roller at a paper feed path and deposits a predetermined amount of a liquid carrier on the sheet of paper, wherein the liquid carrier depositing unit comprises: a depositing roller that deposits the liquid carrier on the sheet of paper, and a pressing roller that supports the sheet of paper that passes between the pressing roller and the depositing roller, wherein the depositing roller comprises: an internal roller that absorbs the liquid carrier, and a porous film that surrounds the outer circumference of the internal roller.