摘要 |
There is disclosed an image forming apparatus comprising: an intermediate transferring member suitable for transferring an image formed by a recording material; a cleaner suitable for recovering the recording material on the intermediate transferring member; and a controller suitable for selectively executing a step of stopping the intermediate transferring member while the recording material remains on the intermediate transferring member and a step of stopping the intermediate transferring member after recovering the recording material on the intermediate transferring member by the cleaner based on conditions in a case where the conditions for stopping the intermediate transferring member during rotation of the intermediate transferring member are satisfied. Consequently, a serious situation such as failure caused when the intermediate transferring member continues to be rotated in order to be cleaned is prevented in advance.
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