Patent ID: 8165508

Claim:
A developer loading method for loading a replenishment developer comprising a toner and a carrier into a developer accommodating container which is used in a developer replenishment device for conveying a developer by an attraction force and which has: a developer accommodating body that accommodates the replenishment developer; and a developer discharge port for discharging the replenishment developer from inside the developer accommodating body to the outside, the method comprising: loading the carrier into the developer accommodating body through the developer discharge port; and loading the toner into the developer accommodating body through the developer discharge port after the carrier has been loaded through the developer discharge port, wherein a premix carrier that is a developer comprising the toner and the carrier is loaded when the carrier is loaded into the developer accommodating container, and the replenishment developer is loaded into the developer accommodating container by loading respectively the toner and the premix carrier into the developer accommodating container.