Patent ID: 8417175

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member which bears a toner image; a transfer member which transfers the toner image from the image bearing member to a recording material to be conveyed, the recording material having a first edge that is a leading edge in a first conveying direction and a second edge that is a trailing edge in the first conveying direction; a fixing device which fixes the toner image transferred to the recording material onto the recording material; a tray onto which the recording material on which the toner image has been fixed by the fixing device is stacked; a roller which is provided on a downstream side of the fixing device in the first conveying direction, the roller nipping and conveying the recording material which has passed through the fixing device; and a cleaning member which cleans the second edge of the recording material, wherein, in a case in which a toner image extending to an edge portion of the recording material is formed, the roller conveys the recording material toward the cleaning member in a second conveying direction, different from the first conveying direction, while the recording material is being nipped, the cleaning member cleans the second edge of the recording material while the recording material is being nipped and conveyed by the roller, and then the roller conveys the recording material toward the tray in the first conveying direction after the cleaning member cleans the second edge of the recording material.