摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress fluttering of paper fed from a fixing nip part, and suppress inconvenience such as image noise and paper jam in a fixing device.SOLUTION: A duct 37 includes a blow out hole 41 that blows out a part of an air flows inside the duct to the outside of the duct on a duct wall surface 40 that faces paper P fed from a fixing nip part, for example, a duct wall surface 40 corresponding to a lower surface. The blow out hole 41 functions as an opening for blowing air to the paper P from an upper surface side of the paper P in order to suppress fluttering of the paper P fed from the fixing nip part. |