Abstract: An electrophotographic image carrier is disclosed. The image carrier has a photoreceptor made from a photoreceptive layer and a resin layer. The resin layer is made of a siloxane resin having a cross-linked structure, and contains an anti-oxidant.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed. The photoreceptor has a resin layer comprising a siloxane resin formed by hardening a compound represented by Formula 1, 2 or 3, or a hydrolyzed product which has a structural unit having a charge transportation ability, and a ratio M1/M2 of the sum of the amount in moles M1 of the compound represented by Formula 1 and that represented by Formula 2 to the amount in moles of the compound represented by Formula 3 is within the range of from 0.01 to 1.

Abstract: To provide an electrophotographic image forming method, an electro-photographic image forming apparatus, and a processing cartridge and an electrophotographic photoreceptor to be used therein, by which an electrophotographic image with a high image quality can be stably obtained in a condition of high temperature and high humidity. In an electrophotographic image forming method including cleaning a toner remained on a photoreceptor by a brush roller and an elastic rubber blade after transferring a toner image formed on the photoreceptor to an image receiving material, wherein the photoreceptor has a resin layer comprising a siloxane resin having an electric charge transportable structural unit and a cross-linked structure, the thickness of the single filament and the density of the filament of the brush roller are each from 3 denier to 30 denier and from 4.5×102 to 15.

Abstract: A method of forming a toner image is disclosed. The photoreceptor is installed so that the center axis of the cylinder is to be almost horizontal, front edge of the cleaning blade is pressed against surface of the photoreceptor at the top, radio of width of the photosensitive layer of the photoreceptor to length of the cylindrical electroconductive substrate is 80/100 to 99/100, and a number ratio of toner particles having a shape coefficient of 1.2 to 1.6 is at least 65 percent in the toner particles.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided with a substrate, and a magnetic layer made of a CoCr-based alloy and having a multi-layer structure and disposed above the substrate. The multi-layer structure has a first magnetic layer disposed above the substrate and at least one second magnetic layer disposed on the first magnetic layer on an opposite side from the substrate. The first magnetic layer has a Cr-content larger than that of the second magnetic layer, and has a larger sum total content of nonmagnetic elements which are other than Cr and have a larger atomic radius than Co than the second magnetic layer.

Abstract: A photoreceptor for forming an electrostatic latent image is disclosed. The photoreceptor comprises a photosensitive layer and a resin layer wherein a resin of the resin layer comprises an organic polymer component, siloxane component and charge transportable component.

Abstract: An image forming method is disclosed. The method comprises processes in which a latent image on an electrophotographic photoreceptor is developed employing a developer material, and after transferring the visualized toner image to a recording material, the remaining toner on said photoreceptor is removed employing an elastic body cleaning blade. The electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises a surface layer containing a large transportable polysiloxane hardenable resin, and said developer material comprises a fatty acid metal salt.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed. The photoreceptor has a photosensitive layer provided on an electrically conductive support which has a sealed alumite film, a surface layer of said electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises a hardenable siloxane resin having charge transportability or a hardenable siloxane resin comprising a partial structure having charge transportability.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed. The photoreceptor has a resin layer comprising a siloxane resin formed by hardening a compound represented by Formula 1, 2 or 3, or a hydrolyzed product which has a structural unit having a charge transportation ability, and a ratio M1/M2 of the sum of the amount in moles M1 of the compound represented by Formula 1 and that represented by Formula 2 to the amount in moles of the compound represented by Formula 3 is within the range of from 0.01 to 1.

Abstract: In an electrophotographic photoreceptor which comprises an electrically conductive support having thereon a multilayer composed of a photosensitive layer and a protective surface layer in said order, an electrophotographic photoreceptor characterized in that said protective surface layer comprised of a layer comprising structural units having charge transportability, as well as siloxane based resins having a cross linking structure, and said photosensitive layer comprises titanyl phthalocyanine having a maximum peak of Bragg angle (2&thgr;±0.2)° at 27.2° with respect to Cu-K&agr; ray.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming method in which, after transferring a toner image on an electrophotographic photoreceptor onto a recording material, the residual toner on said photoreceptor is removed employing an elastic body rubber blade is disclosed.