Patent ID: 8224199
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrying member; toner image forming means for forming a toner image on said image carrying member; a transfer member, pressing a surface of said image carrying member, for forming a transfer portion for electrostatically transferring a toner image onto a recording material, wherein said toner image forming means is capable of forming an adjusting image for adjusting a toner image forming condition on said image carrying member, in a state in which said transfer member contacts said image carrying member, in a period between adjacent image forming operations during continuous image formation; a cleaning member, contactable to said transfer member, for removing toner from said transfer member; and an executing portion capable of executing an operation in a mode, in which a toner band is supplied to said transfer member in a period from completion of image formation in a certain image forming job until start of image formation in a subsequent image forming job, depending on a number of image formations on the recording materials in the certain image forming job, wherein said executing portion executes the operation in the mode when the number of image formations on the recording materials in the certain image forming job is less than a predetermined number.