Image forming apparatus and image controlling method

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a rotatable image bearing member for bearing a toner image;
• toner image forming means for forming a toner image on said image bearing member;
• transferring means for transferring the toner image from said image bearing member onto a transfer material;
• a cleaning member contacted to said image bearing member to remove toner from said image bearing member after image transfer;
• a detecting member for detecting a detection toner image formed on said image bearing member;
• an adjusting portion for adjusting a toner image forming condition of said toner image forming means in accordance with a result of detection of the detection toner image by said detecting member;
• an executing portion for executing an operation in a recovery mode in which said image bearing member is rotating, after said cleaning member removes, while contacting said image bearing member, a toner band formed on said image bearing member and extending in a maximum image range measured in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of said image bearing member, wherein in the recovery mode, the toner band is formed, and then the detection toner image is formed on said image bearing member, and said detecting member detects the detection toner image;
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• an input portion for causing said executing portion to execute the operation in the recovery mode.