| 摘要 |
An image forming apparatus (1), including an image former forming a toner image on an image bearer (8); a transferer (15) transferring the toner image onto a recoding medium (P); a cleaner (11) collecting a waste toner remaining on an image bearer (8) after transferred; a waste toner collection container (7) accumulating the waste toner therein; a detector detecting whether the container is properly set in the image forming apparatus; and another detector (36) detecting that the container is nearly full of the waste toner, wherein the image forming apparatus (1) further comprises a determiner determining a quantity of the waste toner in the container (7); another determiner determining whether the container (7) is properly exchanged with a vacant container; and a limiter limiting a printable quantity after the container (7) is detected to be nearly full of the waste toner, based on the another determiner. |
