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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
May. 06, 1996
Takeshi Menjo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Murasawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hisashi Fukushima, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Hasegawa, Ageo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a movable image carrier, and a plurality of developing devices for developing a latent image formed on the image carrier. The plurality of developing devices contain developing agents of different colors and are arranged in the direction of movement of the image carrier. The plurality of developing devices are arranged in an ascending order of the visual sensitivity of the colors of the developing agents from the upstream side in the direction of movement of the image carrier, for example, in one aspect cyan, magenta, yellow and black developing devices may be sequentially arranged from an upstream side to a downstream side and operated in an order of cyan, magenta, yellow and black.