摘要 |
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; charging means for electrically charging the image bearing member; a rotatable developer carrying member for carrying a developer to develop an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with the developer, the developer carrying member being supplied with a developing bias voltage comprising an AC voltage; non-rotatable magnetic field generating means, disposed inside the developer carrying member, for magnetically attracting the developer on the developer carrying member, wherein the developer carrying member has a surface elastic layer, and the developer carrying member is press-contacted to the image bearing member, and the developer is one component magnetic toner, and a maximum value of an absolute value of the developing bias voltage |V| max (V) and a surface potential of the image bearing member charge by the charging means is Vd global purposes V), satisfy, <?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?>|V|max<=|VD|.<?in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?>
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