Patent ID: 7702274

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner image forming section which forms a toner image according to image information; a transfer section which transfers the toner image on a recording medium formed by the toner image forming section; a fixing section which fixes the toner image transferred on the recording medium by the transfer section; a conveying section which conveys the recording medium on which the toner image is transferred from the transfer section to the fixing section; a fixing fluid applying section which is placed between the transfer section and the fixing section and applies to the toner image on the recording medium a fixing fluid which softens and/or swells a toner, after the toner image is transferred on the recording medium by the transfer section, which recording medium is conveyed to the fixing section by the conveying section; and a fixing fluid amount controlling section which controls an amount of the fixing fluid applied to the toner image on the recording medium by the fixing fluid applying section so as to increase as the recording medium approaches the fixing section.