An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier, a charging member,
a conductive brush member that cleans the charging member, a developer carrier
including magnetic field generating devices having main and auxiliary magnetic
poles, a developer scatter preventing member, and a toner accumulation preventing
member. A contact pressure of an end portion of the developer scatter preventing
member relative to the latent image carrier is set such that a brush, which falls
from the conductive brush member and is carried on the latent image carrier, passes
through a contact part between the end portion of the developer scatter preventing
member and the latent image carrier. The main magnetic pole has an angular width
of about 60 degrees or less between opposite pole transition points respectively
positioned upstream and downstream of a flux density of the main magnetic pole
in the normal direction in a developer conveying direction.