| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus of an in-line system which recovers secondary transfer residual toner by simultaneous transfer-and-recovery system, the apparatus being capable of satisfactorily recovering residual toner on an intermediate transfer body.SOLUTION: Among a plurality of image forming sections 10 of an image forming apparatus 100A, the image forming section 10 that mainly recovers toner by reverse transfer is different between in a color mode and in a monochrome mode. In a color mode, at least part of toner charged to a reverse polarity on an intermediate transfer body 50 which reaches a primary transfer part N1a of a furthest upstream image forming section 10a after primary transfer in the furthest upstream image forming section 10a is finished, is recovered by reverse transfer in an image forming section 10 other than the furthest upstream image forming section 10a after having passed through the primary transfer part N1a of the furthest upstream image forming section 10a. |
