摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lubricant application device that can suppress the occurrence of abnormal images and can provide high-quality images.SOLUTION: A lubricant application device 6 includes a solid lubricant 61, a brush roller 62 that rotates to rub the solid lubricant 61 and applies the lubricant scraped off from the solid lubricant to a photoreceptor 1, a brush driving motor 7 that rotates to drive the brush roller 62, and a control part 8 that controls the brush driving motor 7. The control part 8 of the lubricant application device 6 controls the brush driving motor 7 to change the number of rotations of the brush roller 62 during the idle operation of the photoreceptor 1. |