Patent ID: 7937011
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a rotatable image bearing member for bearing a toner image; toner image forming means for forming a toner image on said image bearing member; transferring means for transferring the toner image formed on said image bearing member onto a recording material; a cleaning member contacted to said image bearing member to remove toner from said image bearing member after image transfer; a detecting member for detecting a detection toner image formed on said image bearing member; an adjusting portion for adjusting a toner image forming condition of said toner image forming means in accordance with a result of detection by said detecting member; an executing portion for executing an operation in a recovery mode in a state in which said cleaning member is in contact with said image bearing member, wherein in the recovery mode, said executing means (i) starts rotation of said image bearing member, (ii) then causes said toner image forming means to form a band of toner having a width of a maximum image area measured in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of said image bearing member, (iii) then causes said toner image forming means to form the detection toner image, and (iv) then causes said detecting member to detect the detection toner image for adjusting the image forming condition; and an input portion for causing said executing portion to execute the operation in the recovery mode.