Abstract
70 years have passed since C.F. Carlson invented the “Carlson Process” which was still the mainstream of electrophotographic process.
The electrophotographic process, which was invented in order to make the office worker's job more efficient, has now been the most major way of imaging technology after the various development in the changing environment (like digitalization). It has been developed further and further as the requisite way to achieve the “solution”. And, thanks to the 4 drums-tandem system and intermediate transferring system which are the architecture for digital color copier/printer, it has also evolved into the technology which can be efficiently adopted in the printing market.
In this thesis, the history of the electrophotographic process is reviewed, its relation with the other imaging process, innovative technology, and electronic recording technology is reviewed, and then the future possibility and outlook of electrophotographic process is summarized.
