Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus (1) includes an image carrier, a cleaning device (2) that collects a waste toner attached to the surface of the image carrier using a cleaning member, a waste container (241) that is removable from an image forming apparatus body, a temporary storage unit (242) that is pro...

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Hauptverfasser: Kawahara, Shinichi, Tomita, Daisuke, Kosuge, Akio, Shintani, Takeshi, Kuwabara, Nobuo
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:An image forming apparatus (1) includes an image carrier, a cleaning device (2) that collects a waste toner attached to the surface of the image carrier using a cleaning member, a waste container (241) that is removable from an image forming apparatus body, a temporary storage unit (242) that is provided in the image forming apparatus body to temporarily store a waste including the waste toner collected in the cleaning device before the waste is transported to the waste container, and a waste transport unit (215) that transports the waste to the temporary storage unit, wherein a discharge speed of the waste from the temporary storage unit by the waste discharge unit is higher than a transport speed of the waste to the temporary storage unit by the waste transport unit.