| 摘要 |
<p>PURPOSE:To make transfer property on an intermediate transfer body excellent and to improve transfer efficiency on a recording body and the degree of freedom for selecting a material by providing the intermediate transfer body with an electrically conductive supporting body and a surface layer having specified water absorption coefficient. CONSTITUTION:The intermediate transfer body 8 is constituted of the electrical conductive supporting body and the surface layer. Then, the surface layer whose water absorption coefficient is 0.15-10.0% is used. By adjusting the water absorption coefficient of the surface layer within such a range, the transfer body 8 constituted so that both of a first transfer action and a second transfer action are excellently executed thereon and the transfer efficiency is high is obtained. When the water absorption coefficient of the surface layer is smaller than 0.15%, excellent releasing property obtained because water content sufficiently intervenes between toner grains and the transfer body 8 is not obtained at the time of the second transfer action. When it is larger than 10.0%, a so-called image flowing phenomenon is easily caused at a developing time because the excessive water content is transferred to an image carrier 1 such as a photoreceptor from the transfer body 8 at the time of the first transfer action.</p> |
