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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Sasame, Ichikawa, JP;
Kohei Okayasu, Mishima, JP;
Shinsuke Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Takaaki Akamatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Shindo, Yokohama, JP;
Takehiko Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hironori Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit which develops a toner image on a surface of a photosensitive member and which collects toner which remains on the surface of the photosensitive member after the developed toner image is transferred to a transfer member. The image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to determine whether a cleaning operation of cleaning the surface of the photosensitive member is to be performed after an image forming operation is performed or control a period of time in which the cleaning operation is performed in accordance with a measured downtime of the image forming apparatus which is a period of time after the image forming operation is terminated and before a next image forming operation is started.