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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
May. 15, 2025
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Tanaka, Fussa, JP;
Atsushi Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Shinichi Tsukamura, Uenohara, JP;
Nobuyasu Tamura, Hachioji, JP;
Ryo Fujimitsu, Tachikawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a cleaning roller; a web feeder; and a hardware processor. The cleaning roller collects an adhering substance adhering to a fixer for fixing a toner image onto a recording medium. The web feeder feeds, to the cleaning roller, a web for collecting the adhering substance adhering to the cleaning roller. The hardware processor that controls operation of the web feeder. The hardware processor: calculates, based on job information of image formation, a required feed amount of the web required for collecting the adhering substance adhering to the cleaning roller; and, when the required feed amount is greater than a feed amount of the web that can be fed during execution of image formation of a job related to the job information, feeds the web to the cleaning roller after completion of the image formation.