An image forming apparatus that includes an image forming component, a
flash fixing component and a control component is provided. The image
forming component forms toner images using at least two toners
respectively having different colors and transfers the formed toner
images onto a recording medium. The flash fixing component emits a flash
light onto the recording medium onto which the toner images have been
transferred by the image forming component and fixes the toner images.
The control component that controls the image forming component to form
the toner images so that, among the toner images, a second color toner is
adhered to a surface of a toner layer formed by a first toner color at a
region at which the toner layer formed by the first toner color is
formed, the absorbance of the second color toner being lower than that of
the first color toner.