Image forming apparatus with charge wire cleaners

摘要

An image forming apparatus for forming hardcopy images by electrophotographic process using a developing device for toner developing and chargers for charging and discharging by corona discharge, the image forming apparatus having cleaners for removing toner adhering to a charge wire of each charger, each cleaner is operated when a predetermined amount of toner has been supplied to the developing device. In another example, each cleaner is operated when a toner accommodating bottle becomes empty and is detached from the image forming apparatus.