......DE....FRGB..................................R0510680EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319930421EP92107046.219920424enenen95929/9119910426JP136410/9119910607JP136411/9119910607JP19930421199316199210281992445 5G 03G 15/01 A 5G 03G 15/16 BdeElektrofotografisches Druckgerät mit einem endlosen Band für primäre und sekundäre ÜbertragungenElectrophotographic printing apparatus having an endless belt for primary and secondary transferfrAppareil d'impression électrophotographique comprenant une bande sans fin pour un transfert primaire et secondaire1NEC CORPORATION00236690C 789 EP7-1, Shiba 5-chome Minato-kuTokyoJPAoyama, Kazumi, c/o NEC Corporation7-1, Shiba 5-chomeMinato-ku, TokyoJPNakaoka, Takeshi, c/o NEC Corporation7-1, Shiba 5-chomeMinato-ku, TokyoJPVOSSIUS & PARTNER00100311Postfach 86 07 6781634 MünchenDEDEFRGB19930421199316

An electrophotographic printing apparatus comprises:
an image forming means for forming a toner image having a first polarity on a photosensitive member (4);
an endless belt (7) having releaseability and moving relative to said photosensitive member (4) while holding its front surface opposite to a surface of said photosensitive member (4);
first transfer means (5) provided on a position at a rear surface of said endless belt (7) opposite to said photosensitive member (4) for transferring said toner image onto said front surface of said endless belt (7) by generating an electric charge having a second polarity reverse to said first polarity; and
second transfer means (8, 11) for pressing a sheet (12) of paper carried on said front surface of said endless belt (7) together with said endless belt and thereby transferring said toner image onto said sheet (12) of paper.