Patent ID: 6872426

Claim:
A coating method for a photoreceptor comprising: (a) providing a single piece substrate including a deposition region and an optional uncoated region, wherein the deposition region includes a level intermediate region disposed between a first end region and a second end region, wherein the first end region includes a first recessed surface portion which is a feature of the single piece substrate that increases the surface area of the first end region, wherein the first recessed surface portion is recessed below the level intermediate region; (b) dip coating a layer of a coating solution over the first end region, the intermediate region, and the second end region in the recited sequence wherein the dip coated layer comprises materials for a photoreceptor layer; and (c) drying the dip coated layer to result in the photoreceptor layer, wherein the photoreceptor layer is part of the photoreceptor.