Patent ID: 8649716

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of toner image forming units that are arranged in a line at two end portions of the line and at an intermediate portion of the line, each of the plurality of toner image forming units forming a toner image; an image transfer body to which the toner images formed by the plurality of toner image forming units are transferred; a plurality of pressing members that are linearly arranged so that each of the plurality of pressing members faces a corresponding one of the toner image forming units with the image transfer body therebetween, each of the plurality of pressing members applying a pressing force to the image transfer body; and a fixing unit that fixes the toner images on a recording member, wherein the pressing forces applied by the pressing members that are disposed at the two end portions of the line are smaller than the pressing force applied by the pressing member that is disposed in the intermediate portion of the line.