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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Takaba, Odawara, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a residual developer collecting container, a developer feeding unit, a driving unit configured to drive the developer feeding unit and at least one of the image bearing member, the developing unit and the transfer unit, and a control unit configured to change a driving speed of the driving unit depending on a storing amount of the residual developer in the collecting container in a period from an end of formation of an image on a first recording material to a start of formation of the image on a second recording material subsequent to the first recording material.