Patent ID: 8213850

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier that has an image formed thereon and carries the image; an image forming unit that forms the image on the image carrier; a transferring/fixing unit that transfers the image formed on the image carrier onto a recording medium, and fixes the image onto the recording medium; and a cleaning member including a member body that is brought into contact with a surface of the image carrier, and a sensor that is fixed to a portion of the member body except a portion in contact with the image carrier and is made of a metallic thin film, wherein the image carrier has an image formed on a surface that is moved, and the member body removes adherents from the surface of the image carrier according to a movement of the surface of the image carrier, the image forming apparatus further comprising: a drive unit that drives the image carrier to move the surface of the image carrier; a strain gage circuit that is connected to the sensor to measure a strain of the cleaning member; and a drive controller that controls a drive of the image carrier by the drive unit based on a measurement result by the strain gage circuit.