A lubricant supplying device including a molded lubricant having a Martens
hardness of approximately 40 N/mm.sup.2 to approximately 70 N/mm.sup.2
measured with a test force of 50 mN and a load-applying period of 30
seconds, a rotative member including a fibrous brush of a thickness of
approximately 5 deniers to approximately 15 deniers in a circumference of
a rotative supporting axis of the rotative member with a density of
approximately 20,000 fibers to approximately 100,000 fibers per square
inch, and configured to apply lubricant shavings of the molded lubricant
to an image bearing member held in contact with a cleaning member and
remove the lubricant shavings remaining on the surface of the image
bearing member, and a pressing member configured to press contact the
molded lubricant with the rotative member at a pressure force ranging
from approximately 2 N/m to approximately 12 N/m.