Patent ID: 9639030
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a rotatable image-bearing member configured to bear a toner image; a forming unit configured to form the toner image on the image-bearing member; a cleaning blade configured to remove a residual toner from the image-bearing member by contacting to the image-bearing member; a lubricant applying unit configured to apply a lubricant to the image-bearing member; a driving unit configured to drive the lubricant applying unit; and a controller configured to control the driving unit so that an amount of a lubricant applied per unit time to the image-bearing member by the lubricant applying unit in a first time to be less than that applied per unit time in a second time when executing a job for continuously forming toner images formed on the image bearing member on a plurality of recording materials, wherein the first time is a period that is from a time point after a first recording material of the plurality of recording materials passing a transfer position where the toner images are transferred to the recording materials, until a second recording material of the plurality of recording materials which follows the first recording material reaches the transfer position, and wherein the second time is a period that is shorter than the first time.