Abstract: An electrophotographic printer is disclosed with the printer having a cylindrical, electrostatic latent image-bearing member, a non-corona-discharge electric charging device, an electrostatic latent image former, a developer, a device for transferring the developed image onto a recording medium, a cleaner for cleaning the surface of the latent image-bearing member, and a fixing device located downstream of the latent image bearing member for heat fixing a developed image onto the recording medium. The charging device is provided by a permanently magnetized charging roll and magnetic powder having an intrinsic volume resistance of 10.sup.2 -10 .OMEGA..cm. The magnetic powder is attracted onto the charging roll forming a magnetic brush without an externally applied bias voltage on the surface of the charging roll.