Image recording apparatus having electrically conductive members for preventing charge migration

摘要

An image-recording apparatus has a plurality of image-forming sections. Each image forming section has a transfer point where a corresponding toner image is transferred from a photoconductive drum onto a print medium when the print medium passes through the transfer point. Each of the image-forming sections includes a surface that opposes the print medium and an electrically conductive film to which a high concentration of carbon black is contained and which is provided on the surface. The surface is downstream of the photoconductive drum with respect to a direction of travel of the print medium. The surface and print medium are spaced apart by a distance in the range of 1 to 3 mm and the electrically conductive member has a sheet resistance value of 15 kOMEGA/square to 10 MOMEGA/square.