US Patent 7935465 Self lubricating photoreceptor

Disclosed is an electrophotographic imaging member that includes a lubricant delivering coating having a polymer matrix, a charge transport component, and a lubricant encapsulated within nano- or microcapsules. Also disclosed is an imaging forming apparatus including a charging device, a toner developer device, a cleaning device, and a photoreceptor having a conductive substrate, a charge generating layer, a charge transport layer, and an optional overcoat layer, such that the outmost layer of the photoreceptor contains a lubricant encapsulated within nano- or microcapsules. Additionally provided is a method of forming an image with the disclosed electrophotographic imaging member.