Patent ID: 7340190

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image formation device configured and positioned to form a toner image on a recording material; a first image heating device configured and positioned to heat the toner image on the recording material; a second image heating device, disposed at downstream side of said first image heating device in a conveying direction of the recording material, configured to heat the toner image on the recording material heated by said first image heating device; a selecting device configured and positioned to select one of high gloss modes including a first high gloss mode for performing image heating process only by said first image heating device and a second high gloss mode for performing image heating process by said first image heating device and said second image heating device; and a controlling device configured and positioned to control an image forming condition of said image formation device so that a maximum amount of toner per unit area in the first high gloss mode is smaller than that in the second high gloss mode.