Patent ID: 7697859

Claim:
An image forming apparatus including: a first heating device which heats a recording sheet having a developer image formed thereon; a cooling device which cools the recording sheet having passed the first heating device; a second heating device which heats the recording sheet having been cooled by the cooling device, thereby giving gloss to the image on the recording sheet; a temperature sensor which is disposed in a conveying path for the recording sheet between the second heating device and the cooling device; a control unit which controls the cooling capability of the cooling device in accordance with temperature detected by the temperature sensor; and a conveying device which includes a first conveying path for introducing the recording sheet having passed the cooling device to the outside, and a second conveying path for introducing the recording sheet having passed the cooling device to the second heating device, the first conveying path and the second conveying path capable of being alternatively selected, wherein when the first conveying path is selected, the control unit does not execute switching control of the cooling capability in accordance with the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.