An image forming apparatus is provided in which a toner image is fixed
onto a recording medium with use of a fixer fluid in liquid form without
causing generation of curls and wrinkles in the recording medium, the
amount of the fixer fluid to be used can be reduced, even a multi-color
toner image can be fixed in a short period of time, and power consumption
is small. The image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming
section, an intermediate transfer section, a secondary transfer section,
a fixing section, and a recording medium supply section. A fixer fluid
applying section included in the fixing section applies a fixer fluid to
an image portion and a non-image portion of a recording medium. The
quantity of applying the fixer fluid for a non-image portion is smaller
than that for a image portion.