Patent ID: 7650094

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a rotatable image bearing member for bearing a toner image; toner image forming means for forming a toner image on said image bearing member; transferring means for transferring the toner image from said image bearing member onto a transfer material; a cleaning member for removing toner from said image bearing member by contacting said image bearing member; a detecting member for detecting a detection toner image formed on said image bearing member; an adjustment portion for adjusting a toner image forming condition of said toner image forming means in accordance with a result of detection of said detecting member; an executing portion for executing an operation of a recovery mode in a state in which said cleaning member is in contact with said image bearing member, the recovery mode including: (i) a first step of starting rotation of said image bearing member, (ii) a second step of forming, after said first step, a band of toner having a width of a maximum image area measured in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of said image bearing member, (iii) a third step of forming, after said second step, the detection toner image for adjusting the image forming condition, (iv) a fourth step of rotating, after said third step, said image bearing member through at least one full turn without forming a toner image on said image bearing member, and (v) a fifth step of stopping rotation of said image bearing member when a predetermined period of time elapses from said first step; and an input portion for inputting execution of the recovery mode.