IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING HEATING AND COOLING UNITS

An image forming apparatus includes an image processing circuit for, when a determination circuit for determining an image signal determines that the image signal is an image signal that makes a liquid toner film have a predetermined thickness or less, performing predetermined processing for the image signal, an electrostatic latent image forming section for forming an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier by irradiating the image carrier with a light from exposure means on the basis of the image signal subjected to the predetermined processing, a developing unit for developing the image on the image carrier by using the liquid toner in accordance with the electrostatic latent image, and a transfer section for transferring the image on the image carrier onto the recording medium. With this arrangement, a sharp image can be formed by removing low-density areas produced in liquid toner.