Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium by jetting liquid droplets of a liquid to land on the recording medium, the apparatus comprising:

• a transport section including a first transport section configured to transport the recording medium in a first direction having a component of a downward direction in a vertical direction, a second transport section configured to transport the recording medium in a second direction having a component of an upward direction in the vertical direction, and a third transport section configured to connect the first transport section and the second transport section;
• a first head provided to face the first transport section and including a plurality of first nozzles formed in different positions in the vertical direction;
• a second head provided to face the second transport section and including a plurality of second nozzles formed in different positions in the vertical direction;
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• a control device configured to control the transport section, the first head, and the second head,
• wherein the first head includes a first overlap nozzle group formed of the first nozzles arranged in an area in the vertical direction which has an upper end at a position of an uppermost second nozzle of the second nozzles and a lower end at a position of a lowermost second nozzle of the second nozzles;
• the second head includes a second overlap nozzle group formed of the second nozzles arranged in an area in the vertical direction which has an upper end at a position of an uppermost first nozzle of the first nozzles and a lower end at a position of a lowermost first nozzle of the first nozzles;
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• the control device is configured to control the transport section, the first head, and the second head so that the liquid droplets jetted from the second overlap nozzle group are landed, on the recording medium, in an area in which the liquid droplets jetted from the first overlap nozzle group have been landed.