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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Tadayoshi Nishihama, Abiko, JP;
Tadashi Fukuda, Toride, JP;
Kota Arimoto, Abiko, JP;
Akihiro Noguchi, Toride, JP;
Tadayoshi Nishihama, Abiko, JP;
Tadashi Fukuda, Toride, JP;
Kota Arimoto, Abiko, JP;
Akihiro Noguchi, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing apparatus includes a developing device for color receiving colored toner and a carrier and developing an electrostatic image; a developing device for transparence receiving transparent toner and a carrier and developing the electrostatic image; a developer replenishment container for color receiving a replenishment developer for color; a developer replenishment container for transparence receiving a replenishment developer for transparence; a developer discharge aperture for color; and a developer discharge aperture for transparence, respectively, discharging developers in the developing devices to the outside of the developing devices in association with replenishment with the replenishment developers and a related image forming method. The replenishment developer for transparence has a carrier weight ratio lower than a carrier weight ratio in the replenishment developer for color.