Patent ID: 9008554
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner storing portion for storing a toner; a toner feeding path in which the toner fed from said toner storing portion is to be fed; a toner feeding member for feeding the toner in said toner feeding path; a developing device for effecting development with the toner fed from said toner feeding path; and a controller capable of executing, in a preparatory period before image formation, an operation in a filling mode in which the toner is filled in said toner feeding path by driving said toner feeding member, wherein the operation in the filling mode includes an operation in a first mode in which said toner feeding member is driven under a first condition in which a drive amount per unit time is smaller than a drive amount per unit time during normal image formation and an operation in a second mode in which said toner feeding member is driven, after the operation in the first mode is executed, under a second condition in which a drive amount per unit time is larger than the drive amount per unit time in the operation in the first mode.