Image forming apparatus having intermediate transfer member

Details Image forming apparatus having intermediate transfer member Image forming apparatus having intermediate transfer member

2007-12-14

2010-02-23

Lee, Susan S (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Internal machine environment

Particle or contaminant control

C399S302000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07668479

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes: a primary transfer section which executes a first transfer by superimposing respective color toner images formed on a plurality of photoreceptors onto an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transfer section including a transfer roller, which concurrently transfers a plurality of toner images superimposed and formed on the intermediate transfer member onto a sheet conveyed from a sheet feed tray, which is in contact with the intermediate transfer member, and a high voltage power source which applies voltage to the transfer roller; and a controller which judges whether there is residual toner, which is a toner image formed onto the intermediate transfer member but not transferred onto the sheet when a sheet sensor detects the sheet exhaustion, and executes a cleaning mode in which the transfer roller is cleaned when there is the residual toner.

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