Patent ID: 7196296

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: image forming means capable of executing each of a single color mode in which an image is formed of toner of a single color on a recording material and a plural color mode in which the image is formed of toners of a plurality of colors on a recording material; a coil for generating a magnetic flux by energization; a fixing member for fixing an image on a recording material by generating heat by the magnetic flux; and power control means, capable of setting a target temperature of said fixing member for fixing the image on the recording material at the time of selecting the single color mode to be identical to that at the time of selecting the plural color mode, for changing a value of electric power to be supplied to said coil so that a temperature of said fixing member is a target temperature in a case the target temperature at the time of selecting the single color mode is set to be identical to that at the time of selecting the plural color mode.