IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a second cleaning section, an image formation control section configured to control an image forming section to form a high-coverage patch on a transfer belt, and a cleaning control section configured to control the second cleaning section to perform cleaning of the patch on the transfer belt.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a transfer belt; an image forming section configured to form a toner image on the transfer belt; a first cleaning section configured to perform cleaning for removing toner on the transfer belt; a second cleaning section having a cleaning performance greater than a cleaning performance of the first cleaning section, and configured to perform cleaning for removing the toner on the transfer belt at a position on an upstream side of the first cleaning section in a movement direction of the transfer belt; a determination section configured to determine a necessity of formation of a high-coverage patch having a coverage exceeding a limit of the cleaning performance of the first cleaning section on a basis of job information relating to a print job; an image formation control section configured to control the image forming section to form the high-coverage patch on the transfer belt when formation of the high-coverage patch is necessary; and a cleaning control section configured to control the second cleaning section to execute the cleaning at a time when the high-coverage patch on the transfer belt passes over a position of the second cleaning section.