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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a conveying device that conveys a recording medium; a droplets ejecting device that ejects droplets onto the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying device; a drying unit that dries the droplets that have been ejected on the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying device; and a varying unit that varies a conveyance path length from the droplets ejecting device to the drying unit in accordance with at least one of a conveyance speed of the recording medium and an ejected droplets permeation characteristic of the recording medium, wherein the varying unit varies the conveyance path length by varying a drying start position, on an upstream side in a conveyance direction, in a drying area of the drying unit. |
