Patent ID: 8095032
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
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, capable of forming an adjusting toner image; adjusting means for adjusting a toner image forming condition by detecting the adjusting toner image; a transfer member, contactable to said image carrying member, for forming a transfer portion for transferring the toner image from said image carrying member onto a recording material; a transfer power source for applying a voltage of an opposite polarity to a normal charge polarity of toner; a brush cleaning member, contactable to said transfer member, for electrostatically removing toner on said transfer member; and an execution portion for executing a cleaning mode in which a cleaning toner image is formed in a length equal to or longer than a circumference of said transfer member and in an area including an area in which the adjusting toner image is formed with respect to a direction perpendicular to a movement direction of said image carrying member and then the cleaning toner image is transferred onto said transfer member by said transfer power source and then said brush cleaning member electrostatically removes the toner transferred on said transfer member.