Image heating apparatus and image forming apparatus

An image heating apparatus which heats an image formed on a recording material, the image heating apparatus comprising:

• a first heat generating element;
• a second heat generating element which is arranged adjacent to the first heat generating element in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the recording material;
• and
• a control portion which controls power supplied to the first and second heat generating elements, the control portion being capable of individually controlling the first and second heat generating elements, wherein
• the first and second heat generating elements are respectively controlled so as to maintain a control temperature, and
• when an image exists in a second region on the recording material heated by the second heat generating element but an image does not exist in a first region on the recording material heated by the first heat generating element,
• the control portion sets the control temperature of the second heat generating element when heating the second region, in accordance with a distance between an end section of the image in the second region and a boundary of the first region and the second region.