Patent ID: 8224197

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a photosensitive member driving part configured to drive a photosensitive member; the photosensitive member configured to be driven by the photosensitive member driving part and have an electrostatic latent image formed thereon; a fixing part configured to fix a toner that adheres to the electrostatic latent image onto a recording sheet; a counting part configured to carry out an adding operation when the photosensitive member driving part drives the photosensitive member, and carry out a subtracting operation when the photosensitive member driving part stops the photosensitive member; and a control part configured to interrupt, when a count value of the counting part becomes equal to or more than a first predetermined value, a printing operation of driving the photosensitive member, forming the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member, and fixing the toner adhering to the photosensitive member onto the recording sheet, and cause the counting part to start the subtracting operation.