Patent ID: 8690313

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a conveying device, comprising: a conveying body that conveys a recording medium; and a press roller comprising a large diameter portion that is formed at an axial direction central portion of the press roller and makes contact with the conveying body, and small diameter portions formed at both axial direction sides of the large diameter portion with a smaller diameter than the large diameter portion, wherein only a width direction central portion of the recording medium is pressed against the conveying body by the large diameter portion; a liquid droplet jetting head that is provided at the recording medium conveying direction downstream side of the press roller and jets liquid droplets from a plurality of jetting ports towards the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying body; and an image conversion section that converts input data of an image into output data, and the image forming apparatus satisfies 0<d<Td, wherein Td is the separation distance between the liquid droplet jetting face of the liquid droplet jetting head and the recording medium and d is the gap between the small diameter portion and the recording medium that is conveyed on the conveying body.