Image forming apparatus for use in controlling image magnification

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a light source unit;
• an image carrier on which a latent image is formed by a light beam emitted from a light source;
• a developing unit configured to develop the latent image formed on the image carrier using a toner;
• an intermediate transfer unit on which a toner image developed by the developing unit is transferred;
• a heating unit configured to heat the intermediate transfer unit on which the toner image is transferred;
• a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image heated by the heating unit on a recording medium;
• a temperature detection unit configured to detect temperatures of the intermediate transfer unit at a plurality of positions in a width direction;
• and
• a control unit configured to control magnifications of a plurality of image regions in a latent image to be formed on the image carrier based on the detected temperatures at the plurality of positions.