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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1996
Kazuo Mohri, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
After the jam is cleared or after instruction of the start of printing, in order to remove the residual toner on an endless transfer belt or a secondary transfer roller, the endless transfer belt rotates in a state that the cleaner is contacted with the endless transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller is retracted from the endless transfer belt without applying the voltage by the voltage application means, and after one or more rotations of the endless transfer belt, the endless transfer belt continues to rotate in a state that the cleaner and the secondary transfer roller are contacted with the endless transfer belt with applying the voltage by the voltage application means.