A cleaning apparatus for a liquid-development electrophotographic apparatus in
which, after a toner image formed on a surface of an intermediate transfer member
by use of a liquid developer is transferred to a printing medium, the liquid developer
remaining on the intermediate transfer is removed and collected. The cleaning apparatus
includes a cleaning-liquid application device for applying a cleaning liquid to
the intermediate transfer member which has transferred an image to the printing
medium; a bias voltage application device for applying a bias voltage opposite
in polarity to charged toner particles of the developer to the intermediate transfer
member; and a collection device for removing the cleaning liquid which has been
applied to and the residual developer which remains on the intermediate transfer
member from the intermediate transfer member without transfer of an image to the
printing medium, and collecting the removed cleaning liquid and residual developer.