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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2008
Kazunari Hamasaki, Osaka, JP;
Yuko Iwashita, Osaka, JP;
Kazunari Hamasaki, Osaka, JP;
Yuko Iwashita, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
There is provided a tandem color image forming apparatus and the like, which is capable of suppressing the generation of black spots during a continuous image forming process, even though a non-magnetic single-component developer is used and a cleaner-less type is adopted. The color image forming apparatus is a tandem type that includes a plurality of image carriers and a cleaner-less type that does not include a blade cleaner, wherein the resistance per square centimeter of a base body of an image carrier using for at least a black developer among the plurality of image carriers, or the resistance per square centimeter of the base body through an intermediate layer is set in a range of 1×10to 1×10Ω or more.