according to various exemplary embodiments of the invention can follow any of various known photoreceptor designs modified to include above described various exemplary embodiments of intermediate and or undercoating layers of the invention because photoreceptor designs are well known in the art the remaining layers of the photoreceptor will be described only in brief detail for completeness in various exemplary embodiments and as generally shown in fig1 the imaging member 1 comprises a supporting substrate 10 an intermediate and or undercoating layer 20 and a photogenerating layer and a charge transport layer which can be separate or combined into a single photoconductor layer 30 as shown in fig1 in various exemplary embodiments of this invention an overcoat layer 40 is added to improve resistance to abrasion in various exemplary embodiments of this invention a back coating is applied to the side opposite the imaging side of the photoreceptor to provide flatness and or abrasion resistance these overcoat and back coat layers can include any suitable composition such as for example organic polymers or inorganic polymers that are electrically insulating or slightly semi conductive in various exemplary embodiments a photoconductive imaging member includes a supporting substrate an intermediate and or undercoating layer an adhesive layer a photogenerating layer and a charge transport layer these and other exemplary photoreceptor designs which can be applied in embodiments of the present invention are described in for example u s pat nos 6 165 660 3 357 989 5 891 594 and 3 442 781 the entire disclosures of which.