| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming method and an image forming apparatus by which the film thickness of developer supplied onto a developer carrier is kept constant with time by preventing the clogging of the groove of a developer supply member. <P>SOLUTION: In the image forming method for forming an image by supplying liquid developer to the developer carrier 20 by the developer supply member with a groove 32, developing a latent image on an image carrier 10 by the developer carrier 20, and transferring the image on the image carrier 10 to an intermediate transfer member 40; an abutting member is made to abut on the developer supply roller, and developer supply member cleaning sequence that bias lower than bias applied to the developer supply roller is applied to the abutting member is performed when the image is not formed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
