Patent ID: 7426359

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: an image bearing member having a surface, an electrostatic latent image being formed thereon; a laser unit, the laser unit irradiating the surface of the image bearing member with a laser light in accordance with image data; a developing device, the developing device developing the electrostatic latent image on the surface of the image bearing member; a toner container, the toner container storing toner to be supplied to the developing device; and a toner supply member located so as to be movable between a supply position supplying the developing device with the toner in the toner container, and a retracted position being apart from the developing device, the toner supply member being disposed in a laser light path from the laser unit in the supply position, and allowing the laser light from the laser unit to reach the image bearing member in the retracted position, the toner supply member being positioned at the supply position during the time of supplying toner when an image is not being formed, and being positioned at the retracted position when an image is being formed.