An image forming apparatus is provided in which a toner is prevented from
flowing and being agglomerated, at the time of application of a fixer
fluid to a toner image so as to fix the toner image to a recording
medium, and the recording medium is prevented from generating curl and
wrinkle, and consumption of the fixer fluid and electricity can be
reduced, and even a multicolored toner image can be fixed for a
relatively short time. An image forming apparatus includes a toner image
forming section, an intermediate transfer section, a secondary transfer
section, a heating section, a fixer fluid applying section, and a
recording medium supplying section. A recording medium carrying the toner
image on a surface thereof is heated by the heating section and then, a
fixer fluid is applied to the toner image by the fixer fluid applying
section so that the toner image is fixed.