Patent ID: 6603932
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a transfer material, comprising:a rotatable photoconductive member; a developing unit to form a toner image by developing an electrostatic image on the photoconductive member; a rotatable intermediate transfer member provided to contact the photoconductive member; a first transfer section for transferring the toner image from the photoconductive member to the intermediate transfer member; a second transfer section for transferring the toner image from the intermediate transfer member to the transfer material; a first cleaning unit for cleaning a toner remaining on the photoconductive member; a second cleaning unit for cleaning a toner remaining on the intermediate transfer member; a fixing unit for fixing the toner image onto the transfer material; and a controller to control a process of the image forming apparatus, wherein the controller controls the process so that when the image forming apparatus stops, a toner image &agr; formed on a non-image area of the photoconductive member is not kept nipped at the first transfer section nor at the second transfer section.