An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developing unit, a
concentration sensor, a toner supplying unit, a developer supplying unit,
an ejector, and a condition detector. The image carrier forms a latent
image thereon. The developing unit develops the latent image formed on
the image carrier with a two-component image developer including toner
particles and carrier particles. The concentration sensor detects a toner
ratio in the developing unit. The toner supplying unit supplies fresh
toner particles to the developing unit. The developer supplying unit
supplies fresh image developer to the developing unit. The ejector ejects
the image developer to an outside of the developing unit. The condition
detector detects a condition of the image developer used for an image
forming operation to determine a supply amount of the image developer to
supply to the developing unit. The condition includes a degradation level
of the image developer.