| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a static elimination method of a latent image carrier, by which occurrence of toner discharge in an exposed region and occurrence of static elimination failure out of the exposure region can be both inhibited by using exposure means and transfer means for static elimination of a surface of the latent image carrier, even when a resistance in a transfer member where a voltage is applied in the transfer means fluctuates.SOLUTION: A printer 200 eliminates static electricity in a photoreceptor 1 by employing the following static elimination method for a latent image carrier. After finishing transfer of the final toner image in a series of image forming operations from the photoreceptor 1 to an intermediate transfer belt 21, endless movement of the photoreceptor 1 is stopped while a surface region of the photoreceptor 1 that has been uniformly charged by a charging device 2 and subjected to static elimination is located at a developing position by a developing device 5. Static elimination after finishing the final transfer is carried out by static elimination exposure by an exposure device 3 and by a static elimination electric field formed between the photoreceptor 1 and the intermediate transfer belt 21 in a primary transfer unit 22, in such a manner that an intensity of the static elimination electric field in a main scanning direction of the exposure device 3 is higher in a region out of the exposure region than in the exposure region. |
