Image forming apparatus having a cleaning unit for...

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2007-03-22

2009-06-23

Chen, Sophia S (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Diagnostics

Cleaning

C399S071000, C399S072000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07551863

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaning unit that collects a waste toner that remains on the image carrier, a toner container that stores the waste toner collected by the cleaning unit, a determination unit that determines whether the waste toner stored in the toner container reaches a predetermined storage level that is lower than a maximum storage level of the toner container, and a control unit that executes a control of suppressing generation of the waste toner when the determination unit determines that the waste toner has reached the predetermined storage level.

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