| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that prevents deterioration in a lubricant applying performance due to the wear of the lubricant smoothing blade, properly maintains the applying performance of the lubricant smoothing blade over a long period of time, and prevents the occurrence of a color-banding image and an uneven-density image. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes a lubricant applying device 30 that applies the lubricant onto a photoreceptor 3. The lubricant applying device 30 includes: the solid lubricant 32; a lubricant supply roller 31 that comes into contact with the solid lubricant 32 and the photoreceptor 3 to apply the lubricant onto the surface of the photoreceptor 3; and the lubricant smoothing blade 34 that smoothes the lubricant applied onto the surface of the photoreceptor 3. The surface of the lubricant smoothing blade 34 comes into contact with the photoreceptor 3 in a trailing direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT</p> |
