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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus and an image forming method whereby an image can be transferred and fixed onto a recording medium of large size and small thickness that is conveyed at high speed, while achieving a compact size of the apparatus. SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer body which carries an image; a transfer mechanism which transfers the image carried on the intermediate transfer body onto a recording medium fixed to a surface of a rotating body; and a fixing mechanism which is disposed so as to oppose the surface of the rotating body to a downstream side of the transfer mechanism in terms of a direction of rotation of the rotating body, and which fixes the image that has been transferred to the recording medium onto the recording medium. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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