Patent ID: 8259143

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image; and a transfer member configured to form a transfer area with said image bearing member, wherein the transfer member transfers the toner image from said image bearing member onto a recording material to be conveyed to the transfer area, wherein the image forming apparatus is operable in: a margin-less print mode for forming the toner image onto the recording material without a margin on any one of the edges of the recording material; and a normal print mode for forming the toner image onto the recording material to provide margins on all of the edges of the recording material, wherein, when the margin-less print mode is carried out, the recording material first comes in contact with said transfer member, and then the recording material is conveyed to the transfer area, and wherein, when the normal print mode is carried out, the recording material first comes in contact with said image bearing member, and then the recording material is conveyed to the transfer area.