| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain the heat transfer of a fixing means to the minimum and also to easily perform the maintenance of a fixing device itself and the removal of paper jamming around the fixing device. SOLUTION: In this image forming apparatus, image forming stations Y, M, C and K where an electrifying means 19 and a developing means 20 are arranged around an image carrier 17 are provided along a transfer belt 14 for every color and the transfer belt and the individual image forming stations are disposed in an oblique direction or a perpendicular direction. The apparatus is equipped with a housing main body 2 in which the individual image forming stations and the transfer belt are disposed, an opening/closing member 3 attached to the housing main body so as to be freely openable/closable, and a fixing means 40 disposed on the opening/closing member side.
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