IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND GUIDE CONTACT PREVENTING ROLL ARRANGED ON DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF FIXING DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent occurrence of a defective image due to rubbing of a toner image on a recording sheet against a sheet guide on the downstream side of a fixing device.;SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus is provided with a sheet carrying device US equipped with a sheet guide for guiding the recording sheet a and for successively carrying the recording sheet S to a transfer area Q4 and a fixation area Q5, a toner image forming device PR+CR+G+T1+B+T2 for forming the toner image on the recording sheet S passing through the transfer area Q4, a fixing device F for thermally fixing the toner image on the recording sheet S passing through the fixation area Q5, a fixing device downstream side sheet guide 10 arranged on the downstream side of the fixing device F, and a guide contact preventing roll arranged so as to come into contact with the toner image forming surface of the recording sheet S in order to prevent the recording sheet S from coming into contact with a rib.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO