Patent ID: 8406660

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a rotatable image holding body configured to hold an electrostatic latent image on a surface of the image holding body; a developing device including a forward rotation developing roller rotatable in a same rotational direction as that of the rotatable image holding body and a reverse rotation developing roller rotatable in a reverse rotational direction to that of the rotatable image holding body, which supply a two-component developer to the surface of the image holding body to form a toner image corresponding to the electrostatic latent image; a control unit configured to control rotation of the image holding body, the forward rotation developing roller, and the reverse rotation developing roller to supply the two-component developer; and a regulation plate arranged between the forward rotation developing roller and the reverse rotation developing roller, wherein the control unit controls the rotation of the image holding body to start after a predetermined time period from starting the rotation of the forward rotation developing roller and the reverse rotation developing roller, and wherein a gap between the forward rotation developing roller and the regulation plate is 1.65 mm or less, and a gap between the reverse rotation developing roller and the regulation plate is 0.50 mm or more.