Patent ID: 8606137

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing device that nips the recording medium on which the image is formed at the image forming unit and that rotates at a first peripheral velocity, to transport the recording medium on which the image is formed at the image forming unit, and to fix the image to the recording medium; a transport path having a curved portion where the recording medium is curved, the transport path being provided downstream from the fixing device in a direction of transportation of the recording medium; a first transporting section provided upstream from the curved portion of the transport path, the first transporting section rotating at a second peripheral velocity that is greater than the first peripheral velocity, the first transporting section nipping and transporting the recording medium to which the image is fixed by the fixing device; a second transporting section provided downstream from the curved portion of the transport path, the second transporting section rotating at a third peripheral velocity that is less than the first peripheral velocity, the second transporting unit nipping and transporting the recording medium to which the image is fixed by the fixing device; a detecting unit that detects a move-out timing at which an upstream side end portion of the recording medium moves out of the fixing device; and a controller that as a result of the detecting unit detecting the move-out timing increases the third peripheral velocity of the second transporting section to a fourth peripheral velocity which is greater than the third peripheral velocity and less than the second peripheral velocity in accordance with the timing detected by the detecting unit.