Image forming apparatus and image forming system

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a transport module that is capable of being pulled out from an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus and in which a transport path along which a recording material, to which a toner image has been transferred, is to be transported is formed;
• and
• a fixing unit that is provided in the transport module and that includes a fixing member, which is rotatable, and a pressure member, which forms a pressing part through which the recording material, to which the toner image has been transferred, passes between the fixing member and the pressure member,
• wherein, in the case where the transport module is pulled out from the apparatus body in a state where the recording material whose length in a direction in which the recording material is to be transported is longer than a length of the transport module is present in the transport path, the pressure member is kept pressed against the fixing member until an amount of pulling the transport module reaches a predetermined amount.

An image forming system comprising:

• a sheet feed device that feeds a continuous sheet;
• an image forming apparatus that forms an image on the continuous sheet, which has been fed by the sheet feed device;
• and
• a collecting device that collects the continuous sheet, on which the image has been formed by the image forming apparatus,
• wherein the image forming apparatus includes
• a transport module that is capable of being pulled out from an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus and in which a transport path along which the continuous sheet, to which a toner image has been transferred, is to be transported is formed and
• a fixing unit that is provided in the transport module and that includes a fixing member, which fixes the toner image onto the continuous sheet, and a pressure member, which forms a pressing part to which the continuous sheet is to be transported between the fixing member and the pressure member, and
• wherein, in the case where the continuous sheet is present in the transport path, the transport module is pulled out from the apparatus body in a state where the recording material is nipped by the fixing member and the pressure member.