| abstract |
An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member to operate at a linear velocity of at least 300 mm/sec, which includes an electroconductive substrate, a charge blocking layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, a moiré prevention layer located overlying the charge blocking layer, and a photosensitive layer located overlying the moiré prevention layer. The photosensitive layer contains titanyl phthalocyanine having a primary particle diameter of not greater than 0.25 μm and having a crystal form having a CuKα X ray diffraction spectrum having a wavelength of 1.542 Å such that the maximum diffraction peak is observed at a Bragg (2θ) angle of 27.2±0.2°, main peaks are observed at a Bragg (2θ) angle of 9.4±0.2°, 9.6±0.2°, and 24.0±0.2°, and a peak is observed at a Bragg (2θ) angle of 7.3±0.2° as the lowest angle diffraction peak, while there is no peak between 9.4±0.2° and 7.3±0.2° and there is no peak at 26.3±0.2°). |