Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image by forming an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier, which is charged by a charging member to which a normal voltage is applied, on the basis of image information and by supplying a developer to the image carrier; an application unit that applies a special alternating-current voltage to the charging member, the special alternating-current voltage at least having an amplitude that is greater than that of an alternating-current voltage that is applied when forming the image; and an instruction unit that instructs the application unit to apply the special alternating-current voltage at a specific time in a period other than an image forming period during which the image forming unit forms the image.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.