Image forming apparatus
US10444652B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/1652
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image holding body, a transfer member, and a controller. The image holding body holds an unfixed image. The transfer member presses a continuous medium against the image holding body and causes the image to be transferred to the medium. The controller allows a cleaning operation in which undesired adhering matter adhering to the transfer member is transferred to the image holding body to be performed when the medium does not exist between the image holding body and the transfer member.
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