| abstract |
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that rotates and carries an image on a surface of the image carrier, a latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier, a developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image with a developer including a lubricant, and a transfer device that transfers the developed image to a transfer material. The image forming apparatus further includes a control device including a lubricant application executing device and controlling the lubricant application executing device to execute an application of the lubricant to the image carrier by actuating the developing device to apply the developer to the surface of the image carrier during one job of an image forming operation from a start of rotation of the image carrier to a stopping of the rotation of the image carrier. |