Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image;
• a movable intermediate transfer member being in contact with the image bearing member and allowing the toner image borne on the image bearing member to be primarily transferred thereto;
• and
• a contact member provided at a downstream side of a secondary transfer portion, which secondarily transfers the toner image primarily transferred to the intermediate transfer member from the intermediate transfer member to a transfer material, with respect to a movement direction of the intermediate transfer member, the contact member being in contact with the intermediate transfer member, and being configured to recover toner remaining on the intermediate transfer member after passing through the secondary transfer portion,
• wherein, with respect to a width direction perpendicular to the movement direction, a width of the contact member is larger than a width of an image forming region in which a toner image is able to be primarily transferred from the image bearing member to the intermediate transfer member, and
• wherein a plurality of grooves extending along the movement direction is formed on the intermediate transfer member with respect to the width direction, and a dynamic friction coefficient in a first region that is in contact with an end portion side of the contact member with respect to the width direction is smaller than a dynamic friction coefficient in a second region that is in contact with a central portion side of the contact member with respect to the width direction.