摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device that has a simple structure not requiring dedicated air heating means for heating air for an air stripping system. <P>SOLUTION: A spraying duct that sprays air to a recording medium discharged from a nip part is connected to a fixing unit including a heat source, a heating part heated by the heat source, and pressuring part that forms the nip part by contacting with the heating part, via a connecting duct communicating with the fixing unit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |