摘要 |
The present invention relates to an image forming device comprises: an image bearing member; a transfer means; a first removing means which is provided outside transfer area and removes the toners on the image bearing member; and a second removing means which is provided outside transfer area and removes the toners on the transfer means. The toner image in the transfer area is transferred onto the transfer means by applying a bias with an opposite polarity with that of the predetermined polarity to the transfer means when the toner image formed according to the image information is in the transfer area, and no transfer material exists in the transfer area, and, at this time, and the toner image transferred onto the transfer means is removed with the second removing means, while the toners which have not been transferred onto the transfer material and have remained on the image bearing member is removed with the first removing means.
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