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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Somemiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuji Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuna Saiki, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body; plural developing devices arranged in a first direction in the apparatus body; plural developer housing containers that are arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and house developers to be respectively supplied to the developing devices; plural transport devices that respectively transport the developers to the developing devices from the developer housing containers; an intermediate transfer; and a transfer device. The developing devices include a first developing device located near the transfer device, and a second developing device located farther from the transfer device than the first developing device. The transport devices include first and second transport devices that respectively transports developers to the first and second developing devices. A transport distance of the developer transported the first transport is larger than that of the developer transported by the second transport device.