摘要 |
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming station for forming an unfixed toner image on a recording material; a fixing station for fixing the unfixed toner image on the recording material, the fixing station including a rotatable member for forming a fixing nip for nipping and feeding the recording material, and a cleaner, movable toward and away from the rotatable member, for cleaning the rotatable member, wherein the apparatus is operable in a blankless image formation mode for forming the toner image without blank at least at one of a leading end and a trailing end of the recording material, and wherein the cleaner is contacted to the rotatable member at timing at which a portion of the rotatable member to which a blankless range at the leading end or the trailing end of the recording material contact reaches a position where the portion opposes the cleaner, and wherein the cleaner spaces from the rotatable member in a period in which a portion of the rotatable member to which a range other than the blankless range contact passes the position where the portion opposes the cleaner.
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