Patent ID: 7031632

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a processing apparatus including an image carrier which carries a developing-material image formed by developing an electrostatic latent image with a developing material, a transferring device which transfers the developing-material image from the image carrier to a transfer object, and a cover member which at least partly covers the transferring device and which has at least one air-flow hole which allows an air to flow therethrough between (a) an inner side thereof opposed to the transferring device and (b) an outer side thereof opposite to the inner side; a resistance-related-value measuring device which measures a resistance-related value of the transferring device; an air-flow-direction changing device which changes a direction of flow of an air around the transferring device; and a control device which controls the air-flow-direction changing device, based on the resistance-related value measured by the resistance-related-value measuring device.