Patent ID: 8204395

Claim:
A wet development device, comprising: a developer carrying member configured to convey thereon a liquid developer for developing an electrostatic latent image on an surface of an image carrying member into a toner image, to a developing area, the liquid developer containing the toner and carrier liquid; a developer charging section which is configured to output a variable current and is provided on an upstream side with respect to the developing area in a moving direction of the developer carrying member so that the toner in the developer is charged before being subjected to development; a developer discharging section which is configured to output a variable current and is provided on a downstream side with respect to the developing area in the moving direction of the developer carrying member so that the toner in the developer remaining on the developer carrying member is discharged after being subjected to the development; a liquid developer removing section which is provided on a downstream side with respect to the developer discharging section in the moving direction of the developer carrying member and is configured to remove the liquid developer left on the developer carrying member after the toner is discharged by the developer discharging section; and a control section configured to change a value of the variable current outputted by the developer discharging section depending on a change of a value of the variable current being outputted by the developer charging section.