Patent ID: 8611776

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a latent image carrier on which a latent image is formed; a charging section that charges the latent image carrier; an exposure section that forms the latent image by exposing light onto the latent image carrier after the latent image carrier has been charged by the charging section; a developing section that develops the latent image formed on the latent image carrier using a liquid developer containing a toner and carrier liquid; an image carrier on which an image is transferred from the latent image carrier and that moves while carrying the transferred image; a transfer section that transfers the image carried on the image carrier to a transfer medium; and a cleaning section having a first cleaning roller and a second cleaning roller, wherein the first cleaning roller that contacts to the image carrier after the image on the image carrier is transferred to the transfer medium at the transfer section and that applies a bias to the image carrier while rotating such that a circumferential surface of the first cleaning roller moves in a same direction as the image carrier moves and, the second cleaning roller that contacts to the image carrier after the image carrier has been cleaned by the first cleaning roller and rotates such that a circumferential surface of the second cleaning roller moves in a direction opposite the direction in which the image carrier moves.