Image forming apparatus and cleaning method

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming section for forming a toner image on a sheet of paper, a feeding section for feeding a sheet of paper to said image forming section;
• a fixing section for fixing a toner image onto a sheet of paper by sandwiching and conveying the sheet of paper, onto which a toner image has been formed, at a nip which is formed between a fixing member and a pressure member which is pressed into contact with said fixing member;
• and
• a control section for controlling, in a case in which an image is formed on a sheet of paper, said feeding section, said image forming section, and said fixing section so as to feed a sheet of paper from said feeding section, to form a toner image on the sheet of paper via said image forming section, and to fix the toner image on the sheet of paper via said fixing section,
• wherein, in a case in which a toner is adhered to a fixing section without complete fixing of a toner image onto a sheet of paper, said control section is configured to control to feed a sheet of paper from said feeding section, and convey said sheet of paper to said fixing section without forming a toner image on said sheet of paper via said image foaming section, and transfer the toner, having been adhered onto said fixing member, onto a downstream side of said sheet of paper from a leading edge area of said sheet of paper in a direction in which a sheet of paper is conveyed.