Patent ID: 7485399

Claim:
An imaging member comprising: a metal or metallized substrate; an undercoat layer comprising a polymer resin and a near infrared absorbing component having a molar extinction coefficient of greater than about 100,000 at an imaging member exposure wavelength of from about 750 to about 900 nanometers; and one or more additional layers disposed on the undercoat layer, wherein the additional layer or layers comprise a charge-generating component and a charge-transport component; wherein the near infrared absorbing component comprises a material having the structure wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are the same or different and are selected separately from hydrocarbon having from about 1 to about 30 carbons, alky, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, and heterocyclic substituents; and wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of and X − , wherein X − is selected from the group consisting of Br, Cl, ClO 4 , and BF 4 .