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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a recording material; a fixing portion for fixing the toner image on the recording material by heating the recording material while feeding the recording material, through a nip, on which the toner image is formed; a first air blowing portion for blowing air so that a direction of the air in the neighborhood of an exit of the nip is a recording material feeding direction; and a second air blowing portion for blowing the air so that the direction of the air in the neighborhood of the exit is an opposite direction to the recording material feeding direction, wherein said image forming apparatus is capable of executing an operation in a first air blowing mode in which both said first and second air blowing portions are driven and in which the direction of the air in the neighborhood of the exit is the recording material feeding direction, and is capable of executing an operation in a second air blowing mode in which both said first and second air blowing portions are driven and in which the direction of the air in the neighborhood of the exit is the recording material feeding direction and a speed of the air is lower than a speed of the air in the operation in the first air blowing mode or in which the direction of the air in the neighborhood of the exit is the opposite direction to the recording material feeding direction. |
