Patent ID: 7957659
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member; an exposure device which exposes said image bearing member to light to form a latent image on said image bearing member, wherein said image bearing member is configured to bear a toner image formed by developing the latent image with a toner; a recording material carrying member which carries and conveys a recording material; an intermediate transfer member to which the toner image is primary transferred from said image bearing member; and a transfer device which secondary transfers the toner image from said intermediate transfer member to the recording material carried by said recording material carrying member, wherein the image forming apparatus is configured with a marginless mode in which the toner image is formed on said image bearing member in an area that covers the recording material and an area outside the recording material, and the toner image is transferred to extend beyond an edge of the recording material carried by said recording material carrying member, the image forming apparatus further comprising: