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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Emi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuka Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Furuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kamisaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Yawada, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a charging unit that includes a conductive member which contacts with a surface of an image holding member, and that applies only a DC voltage to the conductive member to charge the surface of the image holding member; and a cleaning unit that has a blade which contacts with the surface of an image holding member and cleans the surface with the blade after a toner image is transferred onto a recording medium, wherein a developer includes toner particles, silica particles treated with a silicone oil, and a carrier, a volume average particle diameter of the carrier is from 20 μm to 35 μm, and a quantity ratio of an elemental silicon derived from a silicone oil and an elemental silicon derived from silica which are present on the surface of the carrier is from 0.05 to 0.2.