Image forming apparatus with heating members having standby mode and low power mode

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material;
• first and second rotating members that heat the image on the recording material at a nip portion formed therebetween;
• an executing unit capable of executing a processing of rotating the first and second rotating members at standby which includes a standby mode and a low power mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the standby mode;
• a measuring unit that measures an elapsed time period since switching from the standby mode to the low power mode;
• and
• a changing unit that changes a time interval of executing the processing in the low power mode in accordance with the elapsed time, wherein the time interval when the elapsed time period is less than a predetermined time period is shorter than the time interval when the elapsed time period is equal to or longer than the predetermined time period.