Image forming device

An image forming device comprising:

• a thin-walled image carrier that movably carries an image formed by charged imaging particles;
• a transfer device, disposed in contact with an image-carrying face of the image carrier, configured to transport a recording medium held between the transfer device and the image carrier, and in addition, configured to apply a transfer voltage to a transfer region between the transfer device and the image carrier to thereby cause the image held on the image carrier to be transferred to the recording medium;
• a face-forming member, disposed in contact with a back face of the image carrier further on an upstream side in a movement direction of the image carrier than the transfer region of the transfer device, the face-forming member being provided grounded along a direction intersecting the movement direction of the image carrier, and including a conductive member that forms a movement track face of the image carrier leading to the transfer region;
• a reducing element, provided on a current path going through the face-forming member, configured to reduce an amount of current leading from the face-forming member to ground;
• and
• a running guide member, disposed in a entrance side of the transfer region, guide the recording medium to the transfer region,
• wherein at least an upper part of the running guide member is grounded.