Image forming apparatus

摘要

An image forming apparatus comprises a corona discharger for charging a photoreceptor with an electrostatic charge, a fixing unit to fix a toner image onto a recoding medium, a fan for drawing air to cool the fixing device and a space adjacent the fixing device and the duct communicating the fan, the duct having an opening to guide air into the corona discharger via another opening provided in the rear plate functioning as a shielding electrode of the corona discharger.