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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2001
Hideki Fujita, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a developer bearing member for bearing and transporting a developer to enable development of a latent image formed on an image bearing member. A regulating member regulates the thickness of a layer of the developer borne on the developer bearing member. A fixing device fixes a developer image on a recording medium transferred from the image bearing member. One of a first mode in which a developer image is formed only on one side of a recording medium and a second mode in which developer images are formed on two sides of a recording medium can be selected. The image forming apparatus also includes a controller for controlling the peripheral speed of the developer bearing member according to the selected mode.