Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShougo Sato
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShougo Sato
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An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a developing device, a toner container, a cleaner, a waste toner container, and a waste toner conveying pipe. The cleaner is configured to clean a peripheral surface of the photosensitive drum after a toner image has been transferred to the printing medium. The waste toner container is configured to accommodate therein waste toner removed from the peripheral surface of the photosensitive drum by the cleaner. The waste toner conveying pipe is configured to convey the waste toner from the cleaner to the waste toner container. The cleaner is located between the photosensitive drum and the fixing device in a vertical direction. The developing device is located below the photosensitive drum. The waste toner container is located below the cleaner. The toner container covers at least a part of an upper surface of the waste toner container.
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a printing medium, the image forming apparatus comprising:
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