| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus having a transfer exposure device that prevents a toner scatter phenomenon during transfer and ensures satisfactory image quality, excellent transfer efficiency and satisfactory separation performance. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes: a photoreceptor; a transfer device which has a discharge wire and transfers a toner image to a transfer medium by discharge of the discharge wire after the transfer medium comes into contact with the photoreceptor; the transfer exposure device that exposes, from the back of the transfer medium, the surface of the photoreceptor with which the transfer medium is in contact; a separating device that separates the transfer medium from the photoreceptor after transfer; and a control means that controls the operations of the photoreceptor, the transfer device, and the transfer exposure device. In the image forming apparatus, the control means exerts control in such a manner that when the surface of the photoreceptor with which the transfer medium is in contact reaches a transfer area formed by discharge by the discharge wire, light from the transfer exposure device is emitted for the first time to the surface of the photoreceptor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |
