A cleaning device of the present invention includes (i) a blade, which has an edge portion to be pressed against a surface of a photoreceptor, so as to scrape toner and (ii) a brush roller, which has bristle whose ends make contact with the surface of the photoreceptor, so as to supply fine particles of a scraped lubricant agent to the surface of the photoreceptor, the blade having a rebound resilience of 10% to 45% and a Young's modulus of 5 MPa to 11 MPa. With this, even when small-particle toner with no corner is used, it is possible to (a) improve a cleaning property while allowing a photoreceptor to have a long life span and without degrading the original electrophotographic performance of the photoreceptor and (b) charge the photoreceptor uniformly.

 
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