Patent ID: 7110690

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a heating member which includes a first region and a second region: the second region locates in a predetermined position in the axial direction with respect to the first region; a heating unit which is provided inside the heating member and which includes at least one of a first heating member for heating the first region and a second heating member for heating the second region; a main control unit which carries out at least a first control mode and a second control mode; wherein the first control mode performs control to drop the temperatures in the first and second regions from a fixing temperature by a predetermined temperature, with specific timing corresponding to a number of mediums on which an image is to be formed, at least once, while an image formation is being executed at the fixing temperature; and wherein the second control mode turns off either the first heating member or the second heating member which has priority over the other member, the priority being determined according to the number of mediums on which an image is to be formed, with predetermined timing corresponding to the temperature supplied in the first control mode, when the image formation is completed.