Overcoat for imaging members
First Claim
1. An imaging member comprising at least one photosensitive layer and an overcoat layer formed from a solution having a surface roughness defined by asperities formed by circulation patterns formed in the layer during drying, wherein said surface roughness comprises a lateral roughness of between about 1 micrometer and about 200 micrometers, and a vertical roughness less than or equal to about 1 micrometer.
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Abstract
A surface layer on an imaging member has a surface roughness which reduces the force necessary for blade cleaning, reduces blade edge truck, reduces blade/substrate friction, inhibits the formation of toner-type deposits on the imaging surface, and/or reduces or eliminates light interference patterns resulting from coherent light, for example, from a raster output scanner.
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29 Claims
- 1. An imaging member comprising at least one photosensitive layer and an overcoat layer formed from a solution having a surface roughness defined by asperities formed by circulation patterns formed in the layer during drying, wherein said surface roughness comprises a lateral roughness of between about 1 micrometer and about 200 micrometers, and a vertical roughness less than or equal to about 1 micrometer.
- 10. An imaging member comprising a non-continuous overcoat layer, formed from a polymer solution, having a surface roughness defined by hemispheric dots of the layer formed during drying.
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13. An imaging system, comprising:
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an imaging member comprising an overcoat layer having a surface roughness defined by a vertical roughness less than or equal to about 1 micrometer and a lateral roughness of about 1 to about 200 micrometers; and a blade contacting said overcoat layer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An imaging system, comprising:
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an imaging member comprising an overcoat layer having a surface roughness defined by a vertical roughness of about 0.2 to about 0.5 micrometer and a lateral roughness of about 5.0 to about 100.0 micrometers; and a raster output scanner.
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18. A method for fabricating an overcoat layer for an imaging member, comprising:
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applying a coating solution to a surface of said imaging member to form an overcoat film; and drying the overcoat film under such conditions that circulation patterns are formed in and become frozen into a surface of the result in dry overcoat layer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of electrophotographic imaging, comprising:
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scanning a photoreceptor having a textured surface with a raster output scanner to form a latent image on the photoreceptor, said textured surface acting as an anti-reflection layer of light from the raster output scanner; applying toner particles to the latent image to develop the image; transferring the developed image to a support member; and fixing the transferred image on the support member; wherein the textured surface has a lateral surface roughness of about 5.0 to about 100.0 micrometers, and a vertical roughness of about 0.2 to about 0.5 micrometer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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