<p>An image forming apparatus (100) is configured to be able to switch a target temperature of an image heating means (51) from a standby target temperature during a standby state in which a pressurizing means (52) is separated from the image heating means (51) to a first target temperature or a second target temperature which is lower than the standby and first target temperatures. The image forming apparatus (100) controls a contacting/separating means (50) such that a time from when an image forming signal is input until when the pressurizing means (52) in the standby state contacts the image heating means (51) and forms a nip (N) is shorter in a case when the target temperature of the image heating means (51) is the second target temperature than in a case when the target temperature of the image heating means (51) is the first target temperature.</p>
