Patent ID: 8995865
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming portion configured to form a toner image such that a relationship of M≦ρπL/(30√3) is satisfied, where a volume average particle size of a toner is L (μm), density of the toners is ρ (g/cm a heating member that heats the toner image formed on the recording medium by the image forming portion; a nip forming member that comes in contact with the heating member and forms a fixing nip portion configured to fix the toner image on the recording medium by heating and pressing the toner image which has been formed on the recording medium passing through the fixing nip portion; a force applying portion capable of applying a force to the toner image on the recording medium passing through the fixing nip portion in a direction of a plane of the recording medium; and a control portion configured to execute first and second modes in which spreads of the toner image widened in the direction of the plane of the recording medium are different from each other, and to control the force applying portion such that the spread of the toner image widened in the direction of the plane of the recording medium in the first mode is greater than the spread of the toner image widened in the direction of the plane of the recording medium in the second mode.