| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely collect residual toner in a short time in case of an abnormal stop during an image forming stage. <P>SOLUTION: If the abnormal stop occurs in the image forming stage of forming an image by a plurality of image carriers and an intermediate transfer belt (YES at S103), one of the plurality of image carriers is selected (S104) according to the density of the residual toner on the intermediate transfer belt, the residual toner is reversely transferred to the selected image carrier and collected by a cleaning unit above the image carrier (S105), and the residual toner is collected by an intermediate transfer belt cleaning unit (S106). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |
