Image forming apparatus having a suction port and a blowing port arranged at different positions

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on one surface of a recording material;
• a fixing unit that includes a heating unit and is configured to heat and fix the toner image formed on the one surface of the recording material;
• a discharging unit configured to discharge the recording material, on which the toner image is fixed by the fixing unit, to a discharged paper tray;
• and
• a guide member that is disposed between the fixing unit and the discharging unit and is configured to form a recording material conveying path for conveying the recording material from the fixing unit to the discharging unit, wherein
• on the guide member, a blowing port to send air to the recording material conveying path and a suction port to suck air from the recording material conveying path are disposed on a same surface so as not to cross over the recording material being conveyed, and
• the suction port is positioned at a different position than the blowing port in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the recording material.