Patent ID: 7734237

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner image forming section that forms a toner image; a toner image bearing section including a toner image bearing member that rotates while bearing on a surface thereof the toner image formed by the toner image forming section; a transfer section that transfers the toner image on the toner image bearing member onto a recording medium; a fixing fluid applying section that applies a fixing fluid having an effect of softening toner, to the toner image on the toner image bearing member; a moving section that supports the fixing fluid applying section so as to be movable along a movement direction of the toner image bearing member; and a movement control section that controls a position of the fixing fluid applying section along the toner image bearing member to change a position for application of the fixing fluid, thereby changing the duration of a time period that elapses between application of the fixing fluid to the toner image by the fixing fluid applying section and the transfer of the toner image onto the recording medium by the transfer section so that an adhesive force A (N/25 mm) between the toner and the toner image bearing member becomes smaller than an adhesive force B (N/25 mm) between the toner and the recording medium when the toner image with the fixing fluid is transferred from the toner image bearing member to the recording medium.