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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Daisuke Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes at least one image bearer; multiple developing devices to develop the latent images with developers including toner and carrier into a toner image; multiple developer supply devices to supply the developers to the multiple developing devices, respectively; and a fixing device to fix the toner image on a sheet of recording media. When one of the multiple developing devices positioned at a shortest distance from an outline of the fixing device is referred to as a first developing device, and one of the multiple developer supply devices that supplies developer to the first developing device is referred to as a first developer supply device, the first developer supply device is greater in percentage by weight of carrier in developer supplied to the first developing device than rest of the multiple developer supply devices.