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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Hiramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunari Watanabe, Suntou-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member that bears a developer image, a transfer apparatus that transfers the developer image, a charge apparatus, an exposure apparatus that exposes the surface of the image bearing member with light to form a latent image, and a developing apparatus that collects and supplies the developer to the latent image to form the developer image, in which an image formation area is divided into an image part and a non-image part where the developer image is not formed, the exposure apparatus exposes the non-image part with light at an exposure amount lower than an exposure amount with respect to the image part, and the charging apparatus charges the image bearing member and the exposure apparatus exposes the image part and the non-image part with light in a state in which the developer remains on the image bearing member.