An electrophotographic photoconductor, including an electrically
conductive substrate, an undercoat layer containing a filler and a binder
resin and provided on the substrate, and a photoconductive layer provided
on the undercoat layer and containing a binder resin. At least one
compound selected from crown ethers, polyalkyleneglycol ethers,
polyethyleneglycol monocarboxylic acid esters, polyethyleneglycol
dicarboxylic acid esters, and hydroxy-terminated random or block
copolymers containing oxypropylene and oxyethylene groups is incorporated
into (a) the undercoat layer or (b) into a charge generating layer of the
photoconductive layer. In the case of (a), the photoconductive layer is a
dried coating of a composition containing at least one solvent selected
from cyclic ethers, ketones and aromatic hydrocarbons.