(19)
(11) EP 0 898 207 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/12

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.02.1999 Bulletin 1999/08

(21) Application number: 98115633.4

(22) Date of filing: 19.08.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G03G 15/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 20.08.1997 JP 22399997

(71) Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tomoya, Saeki
    Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata (JP)

(74) Representative: Heunemann, Dieter, Dr. et al
Vossius & Partner, Postfach 86 07 67
81634 München
81634 München (DE)

   


(54) Photosensitive body and electrophotographic printer using the same


(57) The present invention provides a photosensitive body and an electrophotographic printer capable of notifying an operating whether a protection film 15 is correctly peeled off from a photosensitive surface 1a of the photosensitive body. The protection film 15 has marks 15a and 15b to be automatically detected. The electrophotographic printer 100 comprises a peel member 13, a guide route for guiding the peeled off protection film out of the printer, a magnetic sensor 14 for detecting the marks 15a and 15b, and a control circuit 17 for deciding according to an output of the magnetic sensor whether the protection film is correctly peeled off and outputting the decision result through a liquid crystal display panel 19. This enables an operator to know about the peeling state.






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