The present removing system has a feature to remove a left-over toner that
is accumulated on a brush that touches a left-over toner on a
photoreceptor. More specifically, the present removing system is so
arranged that an alternating voltage (superimposing voltage) on which a
positive direct current voltage is superimposed is applied onto a
conductive brush in accordance with a user's instruction. With this
arrangement, even if a positively electrified left-over toner is
accumulated on the conductive brush, it is possible to remove the
positively electrified left-over toner accumulated on the conductive
brush, because a voltage value (positive) applied on the conductive brush
in a moment is large. Moreover, because a voltage of the conductive brush
becomes negative in a moment, it is possible to remove a negatively
electrified left-over toner attached on the conductive brush.