A transfer power supply apparatus of an image forming machine which can
maintain a predetermined degree of the quality of an image on a print
medium even when the temperature of the surrounding environment varies.
The image forming machine includes a voltage computation unit computing
an appropriate voltage corresponding to resistance of an intermediate
transfer medium, an output voltage generator generating a transfer
voltage according to a signal output from the voltage computation unit,
and a switching unit selectively applying a voltage output from the
output voltage generator, wherein the switching unit connects a voltage
output from the output voltage generator to a transfer roller when the
image created on the intermediate transfer medium is transferred to a
print medium, and connects a voltage output from the output voltage
generator to a transfer backup roller when the image is not transferred
to the print medium.