| 摘要 |
<p>An image-forming apparatus is provided with: a photoconductor drum having a surface on which a toner image is formed, a transfer drum for transferring the toner image onto a copying material by allowing the copying material to contact the photoconductor drum, and a ground roller for electrostatically attracting the copying material onto the transfer drum prior to transferring the toner image onto the copying material. The transfer drum is constituted by a semiconductive layer and a dielectric layer that are stacked on a conductive layer. Supposing that the nip width between the photoconductor drum and the transfer drum is L1, the rotation speed of the two drums is Vp, and the time constant, which is represented by a product of the resistance and the capacitance between the two drums, is tau , the relationship represented by L1/Vp < tau is satisfied. By defining the time constant of the transfer drum as described above, it becomes possible to stabilize an electric field made by the transfer drum, and consequently to carry out a desired transferring operation. <IMAGE></p> |
