Abstract: Provide is an electrophotographic photoreceptor exhibiting excellent evenness of halftone images together with fine line reproduction, and an image forming method thereof, as to a photoreceptor in which an oxytitanium phthalocyanine pigment having a maximum diffraction peak at a Bragg angle (2?±0.2°) of 27.2° in CuK? X-ray diffraction. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor possessing a body having cylindrical conductive support provided thereon photosensitive layer containing oxytitanium phthalocyanine pigment having maximum diffraction peak at a Bragg angle (2?±0.2°) of 27.2° in CuK? X-ray diffraction, and flanges jointed at both ends of the body, wherein at least one of flanges is fitted with driving shaft having drive hole having at least 3 sides, and a ratio B/A of cross-sectional area B of engaging part of rotation shaft to rotate the electrophotographic photoreceptor with respect to cross-sectional area A of the drive hole is 0.890-0.998.

Abstract: Provide is an electrophotographic photoreceptor exhibiting excellent evenness of halftone images together with fine line reproduction, and an image forming method thereof, as to a photoreceptor in which an oxytitanium phthalocyanine pigment having a maximum diffraction peak at a Bragg angle (2?±0.2°) of 27.2° in CuK? X-ray diffraction. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor possessing a body having cylindrical conductive support provided thereon photosensitive layer containing oxytitanium phthalocyanine pigment having maximum diffraction peak at a Bragg angle (2?±0.2°) of 27.2° in CuK? X-ray diffraction, and flanges jointed at both ends of the body, wherein at least one of flanges is fitted with driving shaft having drive hole having at least 3 sides, and a ratio B/A of cross-sectional area B of engaging part of rotation shaft to rotate the electrophotographic photoreceptor with respect to cross-sectional area A of the drive hole is 0.890-0.998.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed, wherein a cylindrical developing sleeve carrying a developer is brought into contact with a photoreceptor with rotating the developing sleeve in the counter direction to the rotation of the photoreceptor, and a lubricant is supplied to the photoreceptor and the photoreceptor comprises a uppermost surface layer containing a polyarylate having a structure unit represented by the following formula and the toner comprises toner particles exhibiting a glass transition temperature of from 16 to 44° C.

Abstract: An organic photoreceptor, comprising a conductive support, an intermediate layer provided on the conductive support, having a thickness of 6 to 25 ?m and containing inorganic particles having a number average primary particle diameter of 5 to 200 ?m; and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer and having a thickness of 8 to 18 ?m, wherein the thickness of the intermediate layer is larger than that of the photosensitive layer.

Abstract: An image forming method, comprising the steps of: charging uniformly a surface of an organic photoreceptor while rotating the organic photoreceptor; exposing the charged surface of the photoreceptor with a light beam having a wavelength in the range of 350 nm to 500 nm in a main scanning direction to form a dot-shaped electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor; and developing the dot-shaped electrostatic latent image with toner to form a dot-shaped toner image on the photoreceptor so as to satisfy the following formulas: 1.1?B/A?1.5 and 10?A?50, where A is the length (?m) of an exposed dot of the dot-shaped electrostatic latent image in the main scanning direction, and B is the length (?m) of a toner dot of the dot-shaped toner image in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: An organic photoreceptor, comprising a conductive support, an intermediate layer provided on the conductive support, having a thickness of 6 to 25 ?m and containing inorganic particles having a number average primary particle diameter of 5 to 200 ?m; and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer and having a thickness of 8 to 18 ?m, wherein the thickness of the intermediate layer is larger than that of the photosensitive layer.

Abstract: An image forming method, comprising the steps of: charging uniformly a surface of an organic photoreceptor while rotating the organic photoreceptor; exposing the charged surface of the photoreceptor with a light beam having a wavelength in the range of 350 nm to 500 nm in a main scanning direction to form a dot-shaped electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor; and developing the dot-shaped electrostatic latent image with toner to form a dot-shaped toner image on the photoreceptor so as to satisfy the following formulas: 1.1?B/A?1.5 and 10?A?50, where A is the length (?m) of an exposed dot of the dot-shaped electrostatic latent image in the main scanning direction, and B is the length (?m) of a toner dot of the dot-shaped toner image in the main scanning direction.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image bearing body comprising a base and a surface layer disposed over the base, wherein the end track of the surface layer undulates or inclines with respect to the outer circumference line of the image bearing body, and a method for producing the same and an image forming method employing the same.

Abstract: The improved photoreceptor has a light-sensitive layer that contains as carrier generation materials both a polycylic quinone compound selected from among specified anthanthrone pigments, dibenzpyrene pigments and pyranthrone pigments and a specified bisazo pigment, and that also contains a specified stilbene compound as a carrier transport material. This photoreceptor has good spectral sensitivity characteristics over a broad range of wavelengths, has high sensitivity, has a long cycle life on account of reduced residual potential, is adapted for fast copying processes, and is capable of copying red images with improved fidelity of reproduction.