Patent ID: 8121502

Claim:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image, comprising: an image bearing member to bear an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof; a developing device to develop the electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member using toner to form a toner image; a transfer device to transfer the toner image onto a recording sheet; a fixing device to fix the toner image; a sheet feeder to feed the recording sheet; a first control table containing information on widths of the recording sheet categorized into a plurality of groups of different widths thereof in a direction perpendicular to a sheet transport direction; and a second control table containing information on transport timing of the recording sheet to the fixing device based on the group to which a preceding recording sheet belongs and the group to which a subsequent recording sheet belongs, wherein, when a certain width of the recording sheet belongs to the plurality of groups in the first control table, the group to which the preceding recording sheet belongs is the group to which the subsequent recording sheet belongs.