| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent water vapor from being produced from paper regarded as a producing source on the downstream side of a pair of conveyance rolls in a paper conveying direction. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device to fix an image on the paper 20 by heating by a heating roll 22; a pair of through rolls 14 provided on the downstream side of the fixing device in the paper conveying direction and preventing the outflow of the water vapor produced from the paper 20 on which the image has been fixed; and a cooling means to cool the paper 20 on which the image has been fixed by making air blow off from a plurality of air blow-off ports 24 on the paper conveyance path between the fixing device 13 and the pair of through rolls 14 and spraying the air to the paper 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
