Patent ID: 7010241

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a forming unit which forms an image onto a recording medium on the basis of acquired image information; a fixing unit in which the formed image is fixed by heating the recording medium onto which the image has been formed by the forming unit, the fixing unit having a first heater and a second heater formed adjacent to the first heater; a first temperature sensor which detects the temperature of the first heater; a second temperature sensor which detects the temperature of the second heater; and a control unit which selects one of a plurality of control tables prepared in advance corresponding to the temperatures detected by the first and second temperature sensors and a change of the temperature, and controls the first and second heaters on the basis of the selected control table, wherein, when the change of the temperature is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the control unit stops raising the temperature of the fixing unit even if it has not reached a target temperature.