Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a developing section that attaches a toner to a latent image;
• a transfer section that transfers, onto an intermediate transfer medium, the toner attached to the latent image, and transfers, onto a print medium, the toner transferred onto the intermediate transfer medium;
• and
• a fixing section that includes a heating member and a pressure applying member, and fixes, to the print medium, the toner transferred onto the print medium, the heating member being disposed on side of the intermediate transfer medium on which the print medium comes into contact with the intermediate transfer medium and heating the print medium onto which the toner has been transferred, the pressure applying member facing the heating member and applying a pressure onto the print medium onto which the toner has been transferred, wherein
• a difference ΔT between a temperature of the pressure applying member and a glass-transition temperature of the toner defined as the temperature of the pressure applying member minus the glass transition temperature of the toner satisfies the following conditional expression, when the fixing section fixes the toner to the print medium.
• 68° C.≤ΔT≤101° C.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a controller that switches between a first mode and a second mode, the first mode forming, by use of a toner, an image on one side of a print medium, the second mode forming, by use of the toner, the image on both sides of the print medium;
• a developing section that attaches the toner to a latent image;
• a transfer section that transfers, onto an intermediate transfer medium, the toner attached to the latent image, and transfers, onto the print medium, the toner transferred onto the intermediate transfer medium;
• and
• a fixing section that includes a heating member and a pressure applying member, and fixes, to the print medium, the toner transferred onto the print medium, the heating member heating the print medium onto which the toner has been transferred, the pressure applying member applying a pressure onto the print medium onto which the toner has been transferred, the fixing section causing a temperature of the pressure applying member in the second mode to be lower than a temperature of the pressure applying member in the first mode.