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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a conveying portion configured to convey a continuous recording medium in a first conveying direction or in a second conveying direction opposite to the first conveying direction; an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on the continuous recording medium conveyed in the first conveying direction by the conveying portion, at a transfer nip; a fixing portion provided on a lower stream side of the image forming portion in the first conveying direction, the fixing portion configured to heat and fix the toner image formed on the continuous recording medium by the image forming portion, at a fixing nip; a retaining portion provided between the transfer nip and the fixing nip in the first conveying direction, the retaining portion configured to retain a part of the continuous recording medium; and a control portion configured to control the conveying portion to convey a passed portion that has passed through the fixing nip upon conveyance, out of the continuous recording medium in the second conveying direction, the control portion configured to control the retaining portion to retain the passed portion, after the conveyance of the continuous recording medium is performed in the first conveying direction in order to prevent the continuous recording medium from being deformed due to the heating of the fixing portion, in a case where the formation of the toner image by the image forming portion has been completed. |
