Patent ID: 9727016
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus that performs printing on continuous paper, the apparatus comprising: an image forming unit that forms a toner image on an image carrier; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image on the image carrier to the continuous paper; a cleaning unit that removes a toner on a surface of the image carrier downstream of a transfer position; and a control unit that performs toner consumption control to form the toner image on the image carrier, wherein the control unit performs, in the toner consumption control, a first control that forms a first toner image on the image carrier and transfers the first toner image to the continuous paper and a second control that forms a second toner image on the image carrier and removes the toner by the cleaning unit without transferring the second toner image to the continuous paper, and the control unit selects the first control when a next job to be performed sequentially exists, and selects the second control when the next job to be performed sequentially does not exist.