Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming portion for forming an image on a recording material,
• wherein said image forming portion includes:
• a first image forming portion for forming a toner image,
• a second image forming portion for forming a toner image different in color from the toner image formed by said first image forming portion, and
• an intermediary transfer member which is provided rotatably and on which the toner images formed by said first image forming portion and said second image forming portion are transferred,
• wherein said first image forming portion is provided on a side downstream of said second image forming portion with respect to a rotational direction of said intermediary transfer member and is capable of transferring the toner image onto said intermediary transfer member so as to be superposed on the toner image formed by said second image forming portion,
• wherein said image forming apparatus further includes:
• a cleaning member capable of removing the toner images on said intermediary transfer member, and
• a controller for controlling an operation of said image forming portion,
• wherein said first image forming portion includes:
• a first image bearing member,
• a first developing device, provided so as to be contactable to and separable from said first image bearing member, for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on said first image bearing member by a liquid developer containing first toner at a first developing position opposing said first image bearing member,
• a first transfer device, to which a first transfer voltage is to be applied, for transferring the toner image formed on said first image bearing member onto said intermediary transfer member at a first transfer position, and
• a first blade, provided so as to be contactable to and separable from said first image bearing member, for removing the toner image on said first image bearing member,
• wherein with an end of image formation, said controller causes said first blade to be separated from said first image bearing member during a rotational operation in which said first image bearing member rotates,
• wherein during the rotational operation, said controller causes said first developing device to be in a separated position where said first developing device is separated from said first image bearing member when a first opposing position of said first image bearing member to said first blade at a time when said first blade is started to be separated from said first image bearing member reaches the first developing position, and
• wherein during the rotational operation, said controller causes said first image bearing member to rotate so that the first opposing position passes through the first transfer position after said first blade is separated, and causes the liquid developer remaining on said first image bearing member at the first opposing position to be transferred onto said intermediary transfer member and causes said cleaning device to collect the transferred liquid developer.