Patent ID: 6941091

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an electrostatic latent image on a surface of an image forming substrate; a developing device configured to supply liquid developer to the electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on the image forming substrate; an intermediate transfer medium having a primary transferring position to which the developed image on the image forming substrate is transferred primarily by contacting the image forming substrate and a secondary transferring position transferring secondarily the developed image to a paper by contacting the paper; an intermediate transfer medium cleaning device which has an adherent surface adhering and removing first material stuck to a surface of the intermediate transfer medium, and which contacts the intermediate transfer medium in a place after passing through the secondary transferring position and before passing through the primary transferring position; and a paper cleaning device contacting the contact surface of the paper and including an adherent surface adhering and removing second material stuck to a contact surface of the paper, the paper cleaning device positioned in a conveying path of a conveying device configured to transport the paper to the secondary transferring position of the intermediate transfer medium, wherein an adhesion strength between the surface of the paper cleaning device and the second stuck material is greater than an adhesion strength between the surface of the intermediate transfer medium and the second stuck material.