Printer and image forming method providing selectable path for recording medium

摘要

A printer includes: an image forming section that transfers a toner image onto a sheet-like recording medium conveyed on a conveyance-path, in which an electrostatic latent image is formed on a surface of an image carrier, and the toner image is formed on the surface of the image carrier by causing the electrostatic latent image to absorb toner; a primary fixing section disposed downstream of the image forming section in the conveyance-path and fixing on the recording medium the toner image transferred to the recording medium by the image forming section; a storage section disposed downstream of the primary fixing section in the conveyance-path and storing the recording medium on which the toner image is fixed by the primary fixing section; and a secondary fixing section disposed downstream of the storage section in the conveyance-path and performing a surface processing for the toner image fixed by the primary fixing section.