| abstract |
An object of the present invention is to prevent a phenomenon in which a lubricant applied to the surface of an image carrier disappears upon discharge, and the surface of the image carrier deteriorates due to discharge. Due to coating unevenness, it prevents the part where the lubricant is thinly coated on the surface of the image carrier or the part where the lubricant is not present from locally deteriorating due to charging, and it is effective for protecting the image carrier from charging. An image forming apparatus, a process cartridge, and an image forming method that are excellent and that can suppress wear of an image carrier due to friction between the image carrier and a cleaning blade, have good cleanability of the image carrier, and can realize high image quality over a long period of time. Offer. An image carrier 20Y before use is obtained by applying a lubricant 42Y. [Selection] Figure 2 |