摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To steadily obtain a high quality image by stabilizing the contact of an image carrier with a developing means. <P>SOLUTION: In the image forming device having a detachable developing unit (20), the direction in which the developing unit is mounted on mounting grooves (2a, 2b) is the direction of the gravity. The direction of the gravity coincides with the direction in which the developing unit is separated from the image carrier (17). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO |