Image forming apparatus
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Sep 15, 2015
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Dec 11, 2014
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Aug 27, 2014
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Feb 27, 2012
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An image forming apparatus capable of suppressing deterioration of a charger although an amount of use of the charger is actually small is provided. For that purpose, the image forming apparatus executes simple control of discharge current control in which at least one charging bias smaller in number than number of kinds of test biases in full control of the discharge current control is applied to the charger after a power source is turned on and before an image formation start signal is inputted, and on the basis of a current detected by the detector when the charging bias is applied, selects one from a plurality of modes including a first mode in which a charging bias is set by executing the full control of the discharge current control and including a second member in which the charging bias determined by full control of discharge current control without executing the full control of the discharge current control.
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