Patent ID: 7343128

Claim:
An image transfer member interposed between a photoconductor for forming a developer image using a liquid developer and an image receiving medium to transfer the developer image, said image transfer member comprising: a base layer; and a surface layer formed from a semi-conductive material above the base layer to receive the developer image transferred from the photoconductor, the surface layer forming a contact inscribed angle θ between the surface thereof and the developer image in the range of about 10° to about 50°, and wherein the image transfer member has a voltage-current characteristic exhibiting a current density (CD) in the range of 0.6 μA/cm 2 ≦CD≦1.5 μA/cm 2 at about 1 KV voltage, a voltage decay characteristic exhibiting a voltage decay time (DT) in the range of about 0.4 sec≦DT≦3 sec for the voltage decay from about 500 V to about 100 V, and an electric resistance in the range of about 1 to about 100 MΩ between the base layer and the surface layer when a voltage of about 500 V is applied to either the base layer or the surface layer.