摘要 |
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming member; a conveying member that retains with a retaining member a leading end portion of the recording medium and conveys the recording medium; a suction-attachment plate that is disposed with a separation to the conveying member, the suction-attachment plate suction-attaching the back face of the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying member while the leading end portion of the recording medium is retained by the retaining member and including a suction-attachment face at a temperature of from 30° C. to 70° C. for suction-attaching the recording medium; and a heating member that is disposed on the opposite side of the conveyed recording medium to the suction-attachment plate side and heats and dries the recording medium such that the front face of the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying member is imparted with heat energy of from 1.0 J/cm2 to 5.0 J/cm2.
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