Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorKazuyoshi Hagiwara
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image holding member that moves while holding an image to be transferred to a recording medium; a cleaning member that moves in contact with the image holding member to clean the image holding member; a conveyance member that conveys powder removed from the image holding member by the cleaning member; and a processor configured to perform control to cause conveyance of powder by the conveyance member to be performed in a state where the image holding member is stopped or in a state where a moving speed of the image holding member is reduced.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image holding member that moves while holding an image to be transferred to a recording medium;
- a cleaning member that moves in contact with the image holding member to clean the image holding member;
- a conveyance member that conveys powder removed from the image holding member by the cleaning member;
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- a processor configured to perform control to cause conveyance of powder by the powder conveyance member to be performed in a state where the cleaning member is stopped or in a state where an output of the cleaning member is reduced.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image holding member that moves while holding an image to be transferred to a recording medium;
- a cleaning member that cleans the image holding member;
- a conveyance member that conveys powder removed from the image holding member by the cleaning member;
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- a processor configured to perform control to cause conveyance of powder by the conveyance member to be performed in a state where the image holding member is stopped or in a state where a moving speed of the image holding member is reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.