Patent ID: 7587151
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: image forming means for forming an image on a recording material; first and second image heating means for heating the image on the recording material; executing means, which can execute, prior to an ordinary image formation, a first check mode for checking up an image, which is heated by the first image heating means and is not heated by the second image heating means, and a second check mode for checking up an image, which is heated by the first and second image heating means, wherein the executing means can execute the second check mode after the first check mode is executed; selecting means for selecting as to whether or not the second check mode is executed after the first check mode is executed by the executing means; setting means for setting a glossiness of the image on the recording material in the ordinary image formation after the first check mode is executed and after the second check mode is executed; and prompting means for prompting a user, in accordance with the glossiness set by said setting means, to change a type of the recording material on which the image is to be formed.