Patent ID: 7132125

Claim:
A process for coating a photoconductor, said process comprising: providing a cylindrical substrate rotating about the long axis; applying at least one coating layer with a direct writing applicator on the outer surface of the rotating substrate; curing the resulting coated layer or layers; and applying a spreading and coalescing force on said coated layer or layers to provide a coating having a uniform thickness, the spreading and coalescing force consisting of a force selected from the group consisting of capillary action, surface centrifugation, vibration, ultrasonic excitation, and combinations thereof, wherein said cylindrical substrate is rotated at a rotational rate and said coating is dispensed from said direct writing applicator at a coating dispense rate such that the rotational rate of the cylindrical substrate and the coating dispense rate provide a single coating coverage rate of from about 0.1 square inches per second to about 5 square inches per second.