Patent ID: 7403736

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a turnable image bearing body for bearing a latent image; a turnable developer bearing body for bearing liquid developer, said developer bearing body and said image bearing body being pressed in contact with each other at a predetermined press-contact position, said developer bearing body being capable of carrying said liquid developer toward said press-contact position by turning, said image forming apparatus performing development of said latent image, which is borne by said image bearing body, with said liquid developer that has been carried toward said press-contact position; a controller for causing said development of said latent image to start after a period of time necessary to eliminate drift of liquid has passed from when a turning speed of said developer bearing body and said image bearing body reaches a predetermined turning speed for development at which said development is performed, and when causing the image bearing body and the developer bearing body to stop, causing the image bearing member and the developer bearing body to decrease in speed and to stop in a state where the image bearing body and the developer bearing body are pressed in contact.