摘要 |
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit forming a toner image; an image carrier carrying the toner image; an endless transfer belt rotating with a recording medium interposed between the transfer belt and the image carrier; a cleaner provided in contact with an outer surface of the transfer belt and electrostatically cleaning toner on the outer surface; a transfer roll provided inside the transfer belt and generating a transfer electric field for transferring the toner image from the image carrier to the recording medium while pressing the transfer belt toward the image carrier; a cleaning roll mounted around by the transfer belt as well as the transfer roll, the cleaning roll provided to face the cleaner and generating a cleaning electric field; and a tension roll mounted around by the transfer belt as well as the transfer roll and the cleaning roll.
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