Patent ID: 7197267

Claim:
An image forming apparatus that forms an image using a two-component developer, comprising: first storing means for storing the two-component developer; first stirring/conveying means for stirring/conveying the two-component developer that is stored in the first storing means; developing means for effecting development using the two-component developer that is stirred/conveyed by the first stirring/conveying means; second storing means for storing the two-component developer; second stirring/conveying means for stirring/conveying the two-component developer that is stored in the second storing means; and control means for controlling movement of the two-component developer that is stored in the first storing means and the second storing means, using the first and second stirring/conveying means, the control means inhibiting the two-component developer from moving in the development, and allowing the two-component developer to move at a predetermined timing.