Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a toner image forming unit that forms a toner image on the basis of image data and transfers in a continuous manner the toner image onto a sheet, which is being transported, from a front end of the sheet to a rear end of the sheet in a transport direction of the sheet as the sheet is transported;
• a fixing unit that is positioned further downstream than the toner image forming unit in the transport direction of the sheet and that fixes the toner image, which has been transferred to the sheet by the toner image forming unit, onto the sheet;
• an image determining unit that determines whether or not the toner image that is formed by the toner image forming unit is a scattering toner image that causes scattering of toner when the toner image is transferred to the sheet;
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• a speed controlling unit that controls, in the case where it is determined that the toner image is a scattering toner image by the image determining unit, a transport speed at which the sheet is transported by the toner image forming unit and a transfer speed at which the toner image is transferred to the sheet such that the transport speed and the transfer speed are slower than the transport speed and the transfer speed in the case where it is determined that the toner image is not a scattering toner image.