Patent ID: 7224916

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: image forming means which forms an image on a recording material using toner containing wax; heating means which heats the image formed on the recording material by the image forming means; a conveying path along which the recording material heated by the heating means is conveyed; density detecting means disposed in the conveying path for detecting density of the image on the recording material heated by said heating means; and adjustment means for adjusting the density of the image formed on the recording material, based on detection results detected by the density detecting means, wherein said density detecting means is disposed in a position where a temperature of the wax heated by the heating means is equal to or lower than a coagulation temperature of the wax, and wherein an interval of conveying members which are disposed on an immediately upstream side and an immediately downstream side with respect to said density detecting means, respectively, is set as being made shorter than a minimum size of a recording material for image density adjustment, and the density of the image is detected with the recording material being held by the conveying members.