Patent ID: 7313343

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a rotary image carrier, on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a developer, comprising at least one developing roller which is separatably abutted on the image carrier at a developing position to supply toner onto the image carrier to make the latent image visible as a toner image; an intermediate transfer member, adapted to temporarily hold the toner image; a transferer, which applies a transfer bias to primarily transfer the toner image on the image carrier to the intermediate transfer member; a first cleaner, always abutted on the image carrier to remove toner remaining thereon; and a second cleaner, separatably abutted on the intermediate transfer member to remove toner remaining thereon, wherein: the toner image includes a first toner image which is not to be transferred onto the recording medium and a second toner image which is to be secondarily transferred onto a recording medium; and the second cleaner is separated from the intermediate transfer member so as to avoid the first toner image.