Patent ID: 9417547
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, comprising: a plurality of photosensitive drums; a plurality of development sections provided in one-to-one correspondence with the photosensitive drums and configured to supply toners to the respective photosensitive drums to form a plurality of toner images each having a different color on the respective photosensitive drums; a plurality of primary transfer rollers disposed opposite to the photosensitive drums in one-to-one correspondence; an intermediate transfer belt that is held between the photosensitive drums and the primary transfer rollers, and onto which the toner images are transferred such that the toner images are superimposed on one another for forming the image; and a voltage application section configured to apply voltage to a plurality of voltage application regions between each of the photosensitive drums and the corresponding one of the primary transfer rollers, wherein in forced toner discharge from the development sections, the voltage application section: