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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Shinki Miyaji, Osaka, JP;
Shinki Miyaji, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus () forms a toner image by using toner which includes external additives to develop a latent image which is formed via charging and exposure on a surface of a photosensitive drum (), and transfers the toner image onto a transfer material, and includes: a static elimination unit () that irradiates static elimination light onto the surface of the photosensitive drum before the surface of the photosensitive drum is charged, and removes any charge remaining on the surface of the photosensitive drum after it has completed the transfer; and a static elimination intensity adjustment device () that, compared with inner side areas of the paper feed width, lessens the amount of static elimination light irradiated onto areas which, when viewed in the direction of the rotation axis of the photosensitive drum, are on an outer side of the paper feed width and are also on an inner side of the developing width.