Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus connectable to a processing apparatus capable of performing glue binding, the glue binding being binding processing performed by gluing a cover sheet and content sheets and wrapping the content sheets with the cover sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material;
• a fixing unit configured to form a nip portion and fix the toner image formed by the image forming portion to the recording material;
• and
• a speed control unit configured to control a conveyance speed of the recording material in the nip portion,
• wherein the speed control unit is configured to, based on first information as to whether the glue binding is performed on the recording material by the processing apparatus or not, control the conveyance speed of the recording material in the nip portion,
• wherein, in a case where, based on the first information, the glue binding is performed for an image forming job of performing image forming on a first recording material having a first basis weight and a second recording material having a second basis weight heavier than the first basis weight, the speed control unit sets the conveyance speed of the recording material at a time when the first recording material and the second recording material pass through the nip portion to a first speed lower than a second speed, irrespective of second information regarding the image forming job, and
• wherein, in a case where, based on the first information, the glue binding is not performed for the image forming job, the speed control unit is able to determine whether the conveyance speed of the recording material at the time when the first recording material and the second recording material pass through the nip portion is the first speed or the second speed, based on the second information regarding the image forming job.