| 摘要 |
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit having a fixing member fixing a toner image onto a recording medium and a fixation pressing member coming into pressure contact with the fixing member to form a fixation pressing area, through which the recording medium passes, between the two members; a transport unit transporting the recording medium output from the fixing unit; and a guide unit disposed between the fixing and transport units and having a substantially arc-shaped transport path along which the output recording medium is guided and transported toward the transport unit. The guide unit has a substantially rib-shaped guide extending along the transport path and coming into contact with the recording medium at a predetermined position of the guide to guide the recording medium, and a recess provided downstream, in a recording-medium transport direction, of the predetermined position and recessed inward from the substantially arc-shaped transport path. |
