| abstract |
An image forming apparatus comprises an image carrier, an electrostatic latent image forming mechanism which forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier, a developing mechanism which develops the electrostatic latent image on the image carrier to attain a visible image, a first transfer mechanism which presses an intermediate transfer member into contact with the image carrier, to transfer the visible image on the image carrier to the intermediate transfer member, an application mechanism which applies an adhesive agent or releasing agent onto the intermediate transfer member, and a second transfer mechanism which transfers a transferred image transferred to the intermediate transfer member to a transfer member to which transfer is to be done. |