Patent ID: 8903262

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on an image bearing member; a decision unit configured to decide a first image forming condition of the image forming unit for forming the image at a width that is wider than a predetermined width so that a thickness of the image, in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the image bearing member, becomes thinner than or equal to a predetermined thickness; an output unit configured to output a signal in accordance with the thickness of the image; a control unit configured to cause the image forming unit to form a measurement image having a width that is narrower than or equal to the predetermined width; and a setting unit configured to set a second image forming condition of the image forming unit for forming the image at a width that is narrower than or equal to the predetermined width, based on a signal output by the output unit in accordance with the measurement image, so that the thickness of the image that is narrower than or equal to the predetermined width becomes thinner than or equal to the predetermined thickness.