Patent ID: 7840150
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first heating device which heats a recording sheet on which a developer image has been formed; a cooling device, which is disposed downstream from the first heating device in a conveying direction of the recording sheet, and which cools the recording sheet which has passed through said first heating device; a second heating device, which is disposed downstream from the cooling device in the conveying direction of the recording sheet, and which heats the recording sheet cooled by said cooling device and gives a gloss to the image on said recording sheet; a conveying device which conveys the recording sheet which has passed through said first heating device to said second heating device through said cooling device; and a controller which controls a cooling ability of said cooling device in accordance with a conveying time that is required until the recording sheet is conveyed from said first heating device to said second heating device; wherein said controller makes the cooling ability of said cooling device lower as said conveying time is longer.