Image forming apparatus
US9268265B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/161
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an intermediary transfer member (belt); first and second accommodating portions; a detecting member; an executing portion for executing a removing operation for removing the toner image transferred on the belt by once interrupting a continuous job for continuously forming an image on the recording material fed from the first accommodating portion when discrimination that there is no recording material in the first accommodating portion is made on the basis of a detection result of the detecting member during the continuous job and then for executing a switching operation for resuming the continuous job by feeding the recording material from the second accommodating portion; and a setting portion for setting a moving speed of the belt during execution of the removing operation so as to be higher than a moving speed of the belt when the toner image is transferred onto the recording material.
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