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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Kudo, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Mano, Numazu, JP;
Toshikazu Tsuchiya, Susono, JP;
Yasuo Yoda, Numazu, JP;
Atsushi Ogata, Mishima, JP;
Naoto Tsuchihashi, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Uchiyama, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image; a plurality of electrode portions; a control unit configured to control a voltage applied to the electrode unit based on image information; and a toner bearing member configured to bear toner and form a toner image on the image bearing member according to the voltage applied to the electrode portion, in which α>1.22 is satisfied and rx″/ry″ is defined as α, where Dy indicates a thickness of the image bearing member, Dx indicates a distance between the electrode portions adjacent to each other, rx″ indicates a resistance component of the image bearing member in a direction parallel to Dx and ry″ indicates a resistance component of the image bearing member in a direction parallel to Dy in a rectangular solid body including Dx and Dy in a side.