摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of restraining jamming from occurring in an image heating device even when a user erroneously selects a photographic printing mode. <P>SOLUTION: In the image forming apparatus 10 having a printer part A forming a developer image on recording material, and a belt fixing device 110 thermally fixing a toner image T on the recording material P provided with a transparent resin layer Pb composed of thermoplastic resin on its surface, a typical constitution of the image heating device has: a resistance detection device 120 discriminating the kind of the recording material; and a switching guide 101 conveying the recording material P to the fixing device 110 when the recording material discriminated by the resistance detection device 120 is the recording material P provided with the transparent resin layer Pb. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |