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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

  • US 20120213546A1
  • Filed: 08/04/2011
  • Published: 08/23/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • an image carrier;

    a charging unit that charges the surface of the image carrier;

    an electrostatic latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image by exposure of the charged surface of the image carrier;

    a development unit that houses an electrostatic latent image developer containing a toner containing toner particles and inorganic particles externally added thereto and that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier with the developer to form a toner image;

    an intermediate transfer body to which the toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier is transferred and the surface of which contains a resin material and fluorocarbon resin particles;

    a first transfer unit that first transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier to the surface of the intermediate transfer body;

    a second transfer unit that second transfers the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium; and

    a cleaning unit that cleans the surface of the intermediate transfer body after the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer body is second transferred to the recording medium, the cleaning unit including a cleaning blade provided in contact with the surface of the intermediate transfer body.

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