PURPOSE: To improve transferability of toner, separability of paper, and cleanability by roughening the surface of a photosensitive layer made of an Se type photoconductor deposited on a conductive substrate of an aluminum cylinder or the like by the liquid honing method to a specified surface roughness.

CONSTITUTION: An Se type photoconductive layer made of Se-As alloy or the like is deposited on a conductive substrate of an aluminum cylinder, and the surface of this photosensitive layer is roughened to ≤40μm surface roughness, preferably to the range of 0.1W1.0μm by the liquid honing method. Since the specularly finished surface of the photosensitive layer formed on the substrate is roughened by the liquid honing method, the conditions of the surface roughness of the conductive substrate and vapor deposition, etc. need not be set delicately. Transferability of toner, separability of paper, and cleanability are improved without impairing the photoconductive characteristics of the photosensitive layer. Any defect of an image, such as spots or white streaks, due to working defects of the surface is not found on the image.