Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming unit that forms a developer image;
• a transfer unit that transfers the developer image formed by the image forming unit onto a transfer object;
• and
• a controller that performs a printing control that controls an operation of each of the image forming unit and the transfer unit on a basis of printing data that defines a print image having a plurality of pixels, the controller performing the printing control to cause a first printing operation and a second printing operation to be executed,
• the first printing operation forming a first developer image and transferring the first developer image onto the transfer object, the first developer image being the developer image directed to an entire pixel region of the print image, and
• the second printing operation forming a second developer image and transferring the second developer image onto the transfer object, the second developer image being the developer image directed selectively to a high-gradation pixel region, the high-gradation pixel region being a pixel region, having a gradation value equal to or greater than a threshold, of the print image.