| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that can prolong the lifetimes of an image bearing member and a first recovery member, by making the 1st recovery member efficiently recover the developer used for image formation, without spoiling the productivity. <P>SOLUTION: As representative constitution of the image forming apparatus, the developer on an intermediate transfer member is recovered by a second recovery means or by the first recovery means via the image bearing member, and the developer image can be transferred successively to a plurality of transfer materials. The image forming apparatus has a means of determining whether the developer on the intermediate transfer member is recovered by the second recovery member, or by the first recovery member via the image bearing member at least, based on the time of the interval of transfer of the developer image to the transfer materials, when the developer image is transferred successively to the plurality of transfer materials. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
