Patent ID: 8401413

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a transfer section for transferring a toner image onto a sheet fed out from a paper feed section; a fixing section for pressing the sheet carrying thereon the toner image so that the toner image is fixed on the sheet; a moving section for performing a moving operation in which the moving section moves at least one of the sheet and the fixing section within a predetermined moving range in a direction perpendicular to a traveling direction of the sheet, the toner image being fixed on the sheet when the sheet is in the moving range; and a control section for controlling the moving section according to a predetermined operation pattern, wherein the moving operation is performed to move the at least one of the sheet and the fixing section according to the operation pattern so that a moving distance of the at least one of the sheet and the fixing section for one movement of the moving operation varies so that a side end, of the sheet, parallel to the traveling direction of the sheet travels on a central portion of the moving range more frequently than on one of end portions of the moving range.