To provide an image forming device by which an image can be obtained inexpensively and stably obtained without using a cleaning blade and a user can simply and easily substitute an image forming unit without being warried about tonor splashing or the like.
The image forming device comprises a toner recovery means to which bias of the same polarity as toner polarity is impressed in order to catch toner which is obtained by dissolving or dispersing prepolymer consisting of modified polyester group resin, compounds to be extended/cross-linked to the prepolymer and coloring agents in an organic solvent, removing the solvent and charged reversely to the toner polarity on the transfer means downstream side of a photoreceptor and the toner recovered by the toner recovery means is returned to the surface of the photoreceptor at the time of operation other than image printing.
HOSOKAWA HIROSHI
TSUDA KIYONORI
TAKECHI RYUTA
KAWASUMI MASANORI
ARAI YUJI
NARIMI SATOSHI
Norio Kagami
Hidetake Komatsu
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