| 摘要 |
An image forming apparatus has heating and fixing rollers that define a fixing belt rotating path with a straight line region that runs along and faces at least an upstream part of a rotating direction of a toner image carrying belt. The upstream part of the rotating portion is upstream from a transfer position to a second roller in terms of the rotating direction of the toner image carrying belt. This arrangement reduces trapping of heat inside the main body of the apparatus, and improves the cooling efficiency of the main body of the apparatus. In addition, the toner image carrying belt and the fixer are in close proximity to each other, thereby raising the freedom of arrangement of the other constituent members, and making it possible to reduce the size of the main body of the apparatus.
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