An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes at least two independent recording heads; restoring units; counting units; a restoring control unit; and a storage unit. The restoring control unit conducts a restoring operation for all of recording heads when the cumulative number of print sheets of either of the recording heads reaches the first setting value or above when the cumulative number of print sheets for all of the recording heads is less than the second setting value at the time of starting printing.