Patent ID: 8718503

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member having a layer including a lubricant on a surface, which carries an electrostatic latent image; a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member as a developer image; a cleaning device that presses a cleaning blade on the image bearing member and removes a developer on the image bearing member when the image bearing member rotates; a detecting unit configured to detect information about an operation time which is a rotation time of the image bearing member from when the image bearing member has never been used prior; and a control unit, wherein the image bearing member is rotated in a first direction to form an image, wherein the control unit performs, when the image is formed, a first stop operation control in which the image bearing member is stopped without rotating the image bearing member in a second direction which is in an opposite direction of the first direction, and a second stop operation control in which the image bearing member is stopped by rotating in the second direction after being stopped by rotating in the first direction without rotating in the second direction, and wherein the control unit performs, when an operation time of the image bearing member acquired from information about the operation time detected by the detection unit is defined as a first operation time and an operation time of the image bearing member which is longer than the first operation time is defined as a second operation time, the first stop operation control in a case of the first operation time, and the second stop operation control in a case of the second operation time.