Image forming apparatus

Abstract

To use a waste developer storage part for a longer time while preventing developer from overflowing from the waste developer storage part.SOLUTION: An image forming unit that forms an image using a developer dedicated to the image forming apparatus or a developer non-dedicated to the image forming apparatus, a transfer unit that transfers the image formed by the image forming unit to a recording medium while conveying the recording medium to perform printing, a cleaning unit that removes a developer attached to the transfer unit, and a waste developer storage unit that stores a waste developer removed by the cleaning unit; And a developer disposal control unit configured to execute a developer disposal operation of disposing of the developer by attaching the image formed by the image forming unit to the transfer unit without transferring the image to the recording medium and removing the image by the cleaning unit, wherein when the image forming unit uses the non-dedicated developer, the developer disposal control unit does not execute the developer disposal operation for the image forming unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

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