Patent ID: 6862422

Claim:
An image forming apparatus which includes an image carrying body that carries a toner image, and which forms an image, comprising: a belt-like member provided to face the image carrying body; a first pressing member that presses the belt-like member on the image carrying body on an upstream side in a direction of movement of the belt-like member relative to the image carrying body; a second pressing member that presses the belt-like member on the image carrying body on a downstream side in the direction of the movement of the belt-like member relative to the image carrying body, such that the belt-like member is put in close contact with the image carrying body from a pressing portion where the first pressing member presses the image carrying body; and a voltage applying section that applies different voltages to the first and second pressing members for electrostatically transferring, when a toner image is carried on the image carrying body, the toner image onto the belt-like member or a transfer medium that is conveyed on the belt-like member, wherein the voltage applying section sets a polarity of the voltage applied to the first pressing member to be the same as a polarity of the toner carried on the image carrying body.