Patent ID: 8428479

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: an image carrying member; a developing unit for forming a toner image by developing an electrostatic latent image that has been formed on the image carrying member in a charged state; a cleaning unit for cleaning a toner that remains on the image carrying member after the toner image has been transferred from the image carrying member onto a transfer material, the cleaning unit includes at least one cleaning brush for cleaning the image carrying member; a lubricant applying unit for applying a lubricant on the image carrying member, the lubricant applying unit including at least one applying brush for applying a lubricant onto the image carrying member; and a control unit for performing drive control of the image carrying member, the developing unit, the cleaning unit, and the lubricant applying unit, wherein before the imaging device starts an imaging operation, the control unit controls the image carrying member and the developing unit to perform respective operations, controls the lubricant applying unit and the cleaning unit to repeat performing and suspending the operation in an intermittent manner and controls the at least one cleaning brush and the at least one applying brush to perform operations in synchronization.