Patent ID: 9268265
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a movable intermediary transfer member onto which a toner image to be transferred onto a recording material is once transferred; first and second accommodating portions for accommodating recording materials; a detecting member for detecting a recording material in said first accommodating portion; an executing portion for executing a removing operation for removing the toner image transferred on said intermediary transfer member by once interrupting a continuous job for continuously forming an image on recording materials fed from said first accommodating portion when a discrimination that there is no recording material in said first accommodating portion is made on the basis of a detection result of said detecting member during the continuous job and then for executing a switching operation for resuming the continuous job by feeding a recording material from said second accommodating portion; and a setting portion for setting a moving speed of said intermediary transfer member during execution of the removing operation so as to be higher than a moving speed of said intermediary transfer member when the toner image is transferred onto the recording material.