| 摘要 |
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image forming section configured to form an electrostatic latent image on an image carrying body based on a print job including a number of sheets to be printed and a pixel count. A developing device develops the electrostatic latent image with a two-component developer containing toner and a carrier. A toner transporting section transports replenishment toner to the developing device. A toner replenishment time is based on the pixel count of the print job, and a job duration is based on the number of sheets to be printed. A drive control section controls transportation of replenishment toner during each of a plurality of divided replenishment times. The total of the plurality of divided replenishment times is equal to the toner replenishment time, and the plurality of divided replenishment times are uniformly spread across the job duration. |
