Patent ID: 7933529

Claim:
An image forming apparatus including a fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image onto a single recording medium by applying pressure and heat to toner provided on the surface of the recording medium, the fixing apparatus comprising: a fixing member; a pressing member configured to press against the fixing member; a temperature detecting part configured to detect a temperature of the fixing member; a heating member including a main heating member and an auxiliary heating member configured to heat the fixing member, the main heating member being connected to be heated by obtaining power from a main power supply, the auxiliary heating member being connected to be heated by obtaining power from an auxiliary power supply, wherein in a case where the temperature detecting part detects that the temperature of the fixing member being heated by the main heating member is no greater than a threshold fixation temperature, the heating member is configured to heat the auxiliary heating member when the toner image is in the middle of being fixed onto the single recording medium, wherein heating member is configured to heat the main heating member from before beginning heating the auxiliary heating member until after stopping heating the auxiliary heating member, and wherein the heating member is configured to increase power supplied from the main power supply to the main heater immediately after completion of fixing the toner image onto the single recording medium.