TONER CLOGGING ELIMINATION DEVICE, TONER CLOGGING ELIMINATION METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMPOUND MACHINE, AND TONER CLOGGING ELIMINATION PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner clogging elimination device, a toner clogging elimination method, an image forming apparatus, a compound machine, and a toner clogging elimination program with which toner clogging can be eliminated without increasing the number of components of a cleaning unit.;SOLUTION: The present toner clogging elimination device 200 is a toner clogging elimination device 200 that removes a waste toner in the vicinity of a cleaning blade 41 from a cleaning unit 4 of an image forming apparatus 100, and comprises waste toner removal means 211 that, in a period during which the image forming apparatus 100 does not form an image, controls the operation of a striking member 61 to perform a striking operation such that: from a state where a photoreceptor 3 and the striking member 61 are separated from each other, the photoreceptor 3 and striking member 61 are brought into contact with each other and are separated from each other again.;SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2;COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT