A light-receiving member comprising a conductive substrate, and formed superposingly thereon a photosensitive layer and a surface protective layer in order. The light-receiving member has a surface roughness Ra of from 15 nm to 100 nm. Also disclosed is an image-forming apparatus having such a light-receiving member, and an image-forming method of rendering visible an electrostatic pattern formed on the light-receiving member. The light-receiving member promises stable formation of images over a long period of time.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/808,959, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,586,149B2, filed Mar. 16, 2001 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Priority Data
Mar 16, 2000 [JP] 2000-074433 May 22, 2000 [JP] 2000-150140
