Patent ID: 7366433

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image acquiring section for acquiring the image to be printed; an attribute information acquiring section for acquiring attribute information of a recording sheet to be used for printing the image acquired by the image acquiring section from an IC tag attached to the recording sheet and storing the attribute information; a printing control section for controlling the operation of printing the image so as to make the image match the attributes of the recording sheet on the basis of the attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquiring section; and an image printing section for printing the image under the control of the printing control section, wherein the attribute information stored in the IC tag is on the size of the recording sheet, the attribute information acquiring section is arranged at a position off a printing area of the recording sheet and at the side where the IC tag is disposed in the passing route of the recording sheet, and the image printing section includes a pair of fixing rollers that are adapted to revolve, pinching the recording sheet between them, and produce a gap between themselves and the off printing areas of the recording sheet.