Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus has a latent image forming portion for forming an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member; a plurality of developing portions for developing the electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member with a developer; a primary transferring portion for transferring by sequentially superposing each developer image developed by the plurality of developing portions on an intermediate transferring member; a secondary transferring portion for collectively transferring onto a transferring material the developer images transferred by being superposed on the intermediate transferring member; and a charging portion for charging the developer images on the image bearing member; wherein the charging portion decides a charging condition in accordance with the order of transferring the developer images onto the intermediate transferring member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.