Patent ID: 8774655
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image carrier; an exposing unit configured to perform write scanning on the image carrier according to image information; a developing unit that includes a developer carrier configured to carry a developer including a toner and that is configured to perform a visible image process on an electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier; and a control unit configured to perform control of suppressing a toner attachment amount on a recording material in a predetermined length from a front end of an image in an image carrier moving direction if length Lg of a non-image part directly before an image part in an image carrier moving direction has the relation of where Vp is a circumferential velocity of the image carrier, Vs is a circumferential velocity of the developer carrier, and Ds is a diameter of the developer carrier.