Patent ID: 8254799

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image holding body on whose surface an image is formed and which holds the image on the surface; an image forming section that forms a toner image composed of charged toner on the surface of the image holding body; a transfer accepting body to which the toner image formed on the surface of the image holding body is transferred and moves circularly; a transfer section that includes a current supplied member which is arranged at a position opposite to the image holding body with the transfer accepting body being between the current applied member and the image holding body and which is applied with a current whose polarity is opposite to a polarity of the toner image formed on the surface of the image holding body by the image forming section, and that transfers the toner image to the transfer accepting body by applying a current to the current applied member; an unevenness detection section that detects an unevenness portion where unevenness occurs on a surface of the transfer accepting body; and a current control section that controls the current to be applied to the current applied member while the unevenness portion detected by the unevenness detection section passes through the position such that the current is larger than a current to be applied while a portion other than the unevenness portion of the transfer accepting body passes through the position.