Patent ID: 8577248

Claim:
An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member configured to bear a latent image; a developing device configured to develop the latent image with toner; a primary transfer device configured to transfer a toner image formed on the image bearing member to an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transfer device configured to transfer the toner image primary-transferred to the intermediate transfer member to a sheet of recording material; and a cleaning device including an elastic cleaning blade being in contact with the image bearing member, the cleaning device being configured to pick up the toner remaining on the image bearing member, the image forming apparatus comprising: a control device configured to control a pickup sequence in which, after the image forming apparatus has caused any emergency stop, the toner on the intermediate transfer member is returned from the intermediate transfer member to the image bearing member by rotating the intermediate transfer member, whereby the toner is picked up by the cleaning device; and a temperature detecting device configured to detect a temperature when the pickup sequence is performed, wherein, letting temperatures to be detected by the temperature detecting device be a first temperature and a second temperature lower than the first temperature, respectively, the pickup sequence includes a first pickup sequence to be performed at the first temperature and a second pickup sequence to be performed at the second temperature, and wherein the second pickup sequence is set such that an amount of toner to be returned from the intermediate transfer member to the image bearing member for each unit area of the image bearing member is smaller than that for the first pickup sequence.