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1. A fixing device, comprising:
a fixing member having a heating rotary member and a pressing rotary member, the pressing rotary member being in pressed contact with the heating rotary member, the fixing member heating and pressing a toner image carried on a recording medium to fix the toner image to the recording medium; a guide member arranged on an upstream side of the fixing member with respect to a recording medium transport direction, the guide member guiding the recording medium to a fixing nip formed between the heating rotary member and the pressing rotary member; and a blowing member for blowing air in a direction intersecting the recording medium transport direction, wherein the guide member is pivotable about a predetermined pivot axis so as to be located selectively either in a first position where the guide member guides the recording medium to the fixing nip and a second position where the guide member shuts a recording medium transport passage, when the fixing member is driven to rotate, the guide member is located in the first position such that the air blown from the blowing member has a blowing direction thereof changed by the guide member so as to be directed to at least opposite end parts of the fixing member in a width direction of the recording medium which is perpendicular to a rotation direction of the fixing member, and when the fixing member is not driven to rotate, the guide member is located in the second position such that the air blown from the blowing member passes between the guide member and the fixing member. |
