An image forming apparatus is provided, in which there occurs no pulling of a
recording medium at different portions, and also, vibration of a trailing end of
the recording medium during the time when the trailing end of the recording medium
is passed through the transferring portion is suppressed. Thus, no deterioration
occurs in image quality such as disturbance of a toner image. The image forming
apparatus includes a transferring portion that transfers a toner image formed on
an image bearing member onto a recording medium at a transfer position, a fixing
portion that fixes the toner image transferred onto the recording medium, and a
control portion that controls a fixing/conveying speed at which the fixing portion
conveys the recording medium, to thereby control an amount of loop formed in the
recording medium by the transferring portion and the fixing portion, in which,
in response to a fact that a trailing end of the recording medium has reached a
predetermined position on an upstream side of the transfer position in a conveying
direction, the fixing/conveying speed is controlled to reduce the amount of loop.
