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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1995
Toshio Miyamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Tanigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Yozo Hotta, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing method includes the steps of opposing a developer carrying member to an image bearing member, the developing carrying member carrying a developer to the image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic image, supplying, to the developer carrying member, insulative one component developer having a weight average particle size of 4-8 microns, forming, between the image bearing member and the developer carrying member, an alternating electric field having a back-transfer period, transfer period and rest period, wherein a blank ratio of a sum of (i) the back-transfer period plus (ii) the transfer period and the rest period, during a developing operation, is 5:1-2:1.