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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer borne on a developer bearing member includes a toner, the toner has a Martens hardness of at least 200 MPa and not more than 1100 MPa when measured under a condition of a maximum load of 2.0×10N, and where a contact pressure of a regulating member that regulates the developer borne on the developer bearing member against the surface of the developer bearing member is denoted by N (gf/mm) and a contact pressure of a supplying member that supplies the developer to the developer bearing member against the surface of the developer bearing member is denoted by D (gf/mm), the following expressions are satisfied: D+2×N−6≥0, 1.5≤N≤4.5, and 2.0≤D≤4.5.