| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus having excellent cleaning performance.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus includes: an image holding body 31; a developing device 33 that stores a toner having an average particle diameter of 0.02 μm or more, and containing at least one external additive selected from metal soap particles and oil-treated inorganic particles and toner particles having the external additive externally added to the surface thereof, and forms a developing image on the surface of the image holding body with the toner; a transfer device that transfers the developing image formed on the image holding body 31 onto a recording medium; and a cleaning device 34 that includes a cleaning blade 342 having at least a contact part with the image holding body 31 made of a member having the dynamic ultra-micro hardness of 0.25 or more and 0.65 or less, and a tuck amount of 1 μm or more and 300 μm or less, and cleaning the surface of the image holding body 31. |
