A developing unit supplies toner from a developing roller to an
electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier, and creates a
visual image. A forced consumption unit causes, when a proportion of
number of pixels used for forming the electrostatic latent image for a
maximum image effective-width is equal to or less than a predetermined
value, a forced consumption of toner by an amount corresponding to a
difference between a toner amount corresponding to the number of pixels
and a predetermined toner consumption amount. The forced consumption unit
adds toner of an amount used in the forced consumption to an amount of
toner to be supplied in a next imaging process.