CPC G03G 15/161 (2013.01) | 19 Claims |
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a photoconductor;
a charging section configured to charge a surface of the photoconductor;
an electrostatic charge image forming section configured to form an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the photoconductor;
a developing section configured to accommodate a developer containing a toner and develops the electrostatic charge image formed on the surface of the photoconductor by using the developer to form a toner image;
a transfer section including an endless belt and configured to transfer the toner image to a recording medium; and
a cleaning section including a cleaning blade that comes into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt and performs cleaning of the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt with the cleaning blade,
wherein a dynamic friction coefficient μ between the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt and the cleaning blade is 0.10 or more and 0.25 or less as measured at a temperature of 22° C. and a relative humidity of 55%, and
the transfer section includes an intermediate transfer member, a primary transfer section configured to transfer the toner image to a surface of the intermediate transfer member, and a secondary transfer section that includes the endless belt facing the intermediate transfer member and is configured to transfer the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer member to the recording medium.
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