Patent ID: 8355654

Claim:
A wet type electrophotographic printer, comprising: a photoconductor drum; an electrostatic latent image formed on the photoconductor drum and developed into a liquid toner image by a developing unit using a liquid toner; a carrier liquid removing unit including a carrier liquid removing roller, the carrier liquid removing roller of the carrier liquid removing unit being mounted for movement into rotational contact with the photoconductor drum to remove a carrier liquid from the liquid toner image and create a toner image for transfer onto a recording medium; a first spring plunger having an adjustable urging force for urging the carrier liquid removing roller into rotational contact against the photoconductor drum; a second spring plunger having a second adjustable urging force; and a scraping blade which is movable into contact with the carrier liquid removing roller while being urged against the carrier liquid removing roller by the second adjustable urging force of the second spring plunger.