INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT, INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR DRUM INCORPORATED TYPE CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intermediate transfer belt and an intermediate transfer belt/electrophotographic photoreceptor drum incorporated type cartridge capable of facilitating the maintenance, attaining the miniaturization of the apparatus and the cost reduction, and capable of regenerating by wiping off the soil on the surface with organic solvent after the end of the durable life of the intermediate transfer belt/electrophotographic photoreceptor drum incorporated type cartridge, and to provide an image forming apparatus and an image forming method using the intermediate belt and the cartridge.;SOLUTION: As for the intermediate transfer belt, the mass change of the intermediate transfer belt before/after immersing into the organic solvent is ≤±5%, and the surface roughness Ra of the intermediate transfer belt is ≤0.6 μm, and also, the sum of the surface roughness Ra of the photoreceptor drum and the surface roughness of the intermediate transfer belt is 0.05 to 0.8 μm.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO