Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a photosensitive body;
• an optical scanning unit for deflecting and scanning a light on the photosensitive body to form an electrostatic latent image on a surface of the photosensitive body, the optical scanning unit comprising:
• a light source for emitting the light;
• a deflection section that deflects the emitted light;
• a driving section that drives the deflection section;
• and
• a temperature detecting section that detects the temperature of the driving section or the temperature in vicinity of the driving section;
• a developing section that develops the electrostatic latent image by depositing a developer on the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the photosensitive body by the optical scanning unit;
• a transfer section that transfers the developer deposited on the surface of the photosensitive body by the developing section to a recording medium;
• and
• a controller for changing a drive speed of the driving section based on the temperature detected by the temperature detecting section.