| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus of an ink jet method which uses an intermediate transfer method and performs image forming by discharging recording liquid such as ink from a head and making an intermediate transfer member carry it, while being capable of preventing the liquid from remaining on a surface of the intermediate transfer member in streaks when the intermediate transfer member is cleaned.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus comprises an intermediate transfer member 37 for carrying recording liquid discharged from a head and cleaning means 71 for cleaning a surface of the intermediate transfer member 37 by a relative movement with the intermediate transfer member 37. Liquid repellent property of the surface of the intermediate transfer member 37 for the recording liquid is higher in its end parts in an intersecting direction X crossing the direction A1 of the relative movement than in the center part. |
