Image forming apparatus with an attraction member that removes fines particles

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a transfer member that transfers a developer to a medium;
• a fixing member that fixes onto the medium the developer transferred to the medium;
• a guide member that is disposed between the transfer member and the fixing member to contact and guide the medium, the guide member being a stationary member;
• an attraction member that attracts the developer through an opening;
• an elimination member that allows gas to pass therethrough while removing the developer attracted through the opening, the elimination member being removable from and attachable to a body of the image forming apparatus;
• and
• an open-close member that is supported to be openable and closeable between an open position, in which the open-close member renders an inside of the image forming apparatus open, and a closed position, in which the open-close member renders the inside of the image forming apparatus closed, the open-close member supporting the elimination member, the open-close member allowing, when in the open position, an upstream surface of the elimination member in a direction in which the developer is attracted to face upward with respect to a direction of gravity,
• wherein the opening is located upstream of the guide member in a medium transport direction, on a same side of the medium as the guide member, and is stationary with respect to a transfer location where the transfer member transfers the image to the medium,
• wherein the opening is located in an upstream half of a path between the transfer member and the fixing member.