An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a charging
device for electrically charging the image bearing member; a rotatable
developer carrying member for carrying a developer to develop an
electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with the
developer, the developer carrying member being supplied with a developing
bias voltage including an AC voltage; non-rotatable magnetic field
generating device, disposed inside the developer carrying member, for
magnetically attracting the developer on the developer carrying member,
wherein the developer carrying member has a surface elastic layer, and
the developer carrying member is press-contacted to the image bearing
member, and the developer is one component magnetic toner, and a maximum
value of an absolute value of the developing bias voltage |V|max and a
surface potential of the image bearing member charge by the charging
device is Vd(V), satisfy, |V|max=|Vd|.