METHOD OF POLISHING SURFACE OF PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER OF ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of polishing the surface of a photosensitive layer of a photoreceptor causing little clogging of a polishing tape by polishing residue, requiring no control of high accuracy of pressing to the photoreceptor surface, and causing no streaky flaws on the surface, when polishing the surface of the photosensitive layer of the photoreceptor by the polishing tape. SOLUTION: The method of polishing the surface of the photosensitive layer includes steps of: moving a polishing member wound around a backup roll and the electrophotographic photoreceptor relatively in parallel in the axial direction on the surface of the photoreception layer while rotating the electrophotographic photoreceptor; pressing the polishing member against the surface of the photosensitive layer; and delivering the polishing member. The polishing member has a stereo shape containing polishing particles on a substrate on the side of being pressed against the surface of the photosensitive layer. The surface roughness Ry of a top side contacting the surface of the photosensitive layer of the stereo shape is 4.0-8.0μm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT