An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that changes a ratio between an execution time for executing printing and a stop time for stopping the printing according to any one of a stop control number that is the number of times that an operation of the printing is stopped, a stop control time that is the time during which the operation of the printing is stopped, a printing execution time that is the time during which the printing is executed, and a printing execution control number that is the number of times that the printing is executed, in an intermittent mode that operates by switching between executing the printing and stopping the printing.