Patent ID: 8737858

Claim:
A transfer device comprising a transfer member, that is arranged so as to face an image carrier that carries a toner image on a surface thereof via a transfer-receiving member, the transfer member comprising a conductive layer comprising an ion conductive agent on a conductive core, and that transfers the toner image carried on the surface of the image carrier to the transfer-receiving member; a voltage application unit, that is arranged in contact with a surface of the transfer member, and that applies a voltage to the transfer member from the surface thereof; and an adjusting unit that adjusts a second charge amount so that a first charge amount of charges that flow toward the conductive core from the region of the conductive layer that comes into contact with the voltage application unit, becomes greater than the second charge amount of charges that flow toward a region of the conductive layer that faces the image carrier from the conductive core, due to a voltage being applied to the transfer member from the voltage application unit.