Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image carrier to rotate in a rotation direction about a rotation axis;
• a cleaning blade to clean a surface of the image carrier by contacting a surface of the image carrier;
• and
• a protective agent coater having a rotatable shaft extending parallel to the rotation axis of the image carrier, an elastic body formed around the rotatable shaft to receive protective agent from a protective agent supply, and a fixed body to supply the elastic body with transfer residual toner, wherein the protective agent coater is positioned upstream of the cleaning blade in the rotation direction of the image carrier, and wherein the fixed body is located adjacent the elastic body to direct the transfer residual toner on the image carrier via a surface of the elastic body of the protective agent coater and to store the transfer residual toner on the fixed body.