Image forming apparatus supplying toner efficiently to cleaning means cleaning surface of image bearing member

摘要

An image forming apparatus of the present invention is composed by an image bearing member that bears a toner image; an intermediate transferring material that contacts with the image bearing member; a transferring unit that transfers a toner image on the image bearing member to the intermediate transferring material at a transferring position; a bias applying unit that applies a bias to a power supply portion of the transferring unit during a period in which transfer is performed by the transferring unit; a cleaning unit that contacts with the image bearing member and cleans the surface of the image bearing member; a toner supplying unit that, when an image is not being formed, passes a toner image for supply that is formed on the image bearing member through the transferring position to supply the toner image for supply to the cleaning unit; and a switching unit that switches from a state in which the power supply portion is electrically connected to the bias applying unit to a state in which a resistance value between the power supply portion and a ground is 100 MOmega or more.