STICKING PREVENTING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a sticking preventing device including a main conveying path connected from a fixing device, a first conveying path connected to the main conveying path, a second conveying path branching from the main conveying path and having a conveying route longer than that of the first conveying path, a switching device provided at a branching point of the first conveying path and the second conveying path and configured to switch a recording-medium conveying route to the first conveying path and the second conveying path, and a temperature sensor provided above a discharge port of the first conveying path and a discharge port of the second conveying path, and a control unit configured to, if the temperature of a recording medium to be discharged detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or higher than the temperature at which sticking occurs, displace the switching device to switch the conveying route from the first conveying path to the second conveying path.