Patent ID: 6973280

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image-carrying body carrying latent electrostatic image in a first direction; a developing device supplying liquid developer having toner particles and carrier liquid to the latent electrostatic image to form a developed image on the image-carrying body; a transferring device transferring the developed image on the image-carrying body to a medium disposed outside of the image-carrying body; a covering wall having a facing surface covering and facing to part of the image-carrying body with a drying air passage between the facing surface and the image-carrying body, the covering wall being disposed between the developing device and the transferring device, the covering wall having a plurality of slits formed into the covering wall, the slits being distributed in a region with substantially less than half length along the facing surface covering the image-carrying body; and an air source supplying drying air to the passage in a second direction parallel to the first direction through a slit.