Patent ID: 8867950

Claim:
A wet-type image forming apparatus using liquid developer containing liquid carrier and toner particles dispersed in the liquid carrier, comprising: a heating unit configured to heat a recording medium and to volatilize liquid carrier in a toner image formed by development using the liquid developer and transferred to the recording medium; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording medium and disposed at a downstream side of the heating unit in a conveyance direction of the recording medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording medium from the heating unit to the fixing unit; and a housing disposed to cover the conveyance unit, wherein the recording medium is conveyed on the conveyance unit in the housing toward the fixing unit after heated by the heating unit, in the presence of gas containing the volatilized liquid carrier, and the volatilized liquid carrier is cooled and turned into fine mist liquid carrier and then the fine mist liquid carrier attaches to the recording medium before the recording medium reaches the fixing unit.