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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing section configured to print a toner image on paper and including
an image bearing member having a surface on which an electrostatic latent image is formed based on image data,a developing device that supplies toner onto the surface of the image bearing member and develops the electrostatic latent image into the toner image, anda cleaning device that removes residual toner from the surface of the image bearing member; a storage section configured to store prescribed image data for which printing is permitted using disposal-scheduled toner that is scheduled for disposal as waste toner; and a control section configured to determine whether or not a preset disposal condition is satisfied, the control section,
upon determining that the disposal condition is satisfied, determining whether or not prescribed image data is stored in the storage section,upon determining that prescribed image data is not stored in the storage section, setting an operating mode of the printing section as a toner disposal mode in which the developing device performs enforced discharge of the disposal-scheduled toner onto the surface of the image bearing member and the cleaning device removes the disposal-scheduled toner from the image bearing member, andupon determining that prescribed image data is stored in the storage section, setting the operating mode of the printing section as a waste toner reduction mode in which the printing section uses the disposal-scheduled toner to perform printing based on the prescribed image data. |
