Patent ID: 7995941
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A full-color image forming apparatus for forming a toner image for each color on an image carrier, and for transferring the toner image onto a recording sheet, the apparatus comprising: an image forming section which conducts a forming operation of a correcting toner image for each color on a portion of the image carrier, wherein the portion corresponds to an interval between successive recording sheets; and a control section which conducts a correcting operation of the toner image for each color, based on the correcting toner image which is formed by the image forming section, wherein, when the image forming section is controlled to interrupt the forming operation of the correcting toner image, if it is possible for the image forming section to conduct the forming operation, the control section controls the image forming section to form a residual correcting toner image, before the control section controls the image forming section to stop the forming operation.