Image forming apparatus including blower unit

An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a fixing unit including a first rotatable member, a heating member configured to heat the first rotatable member, and a second rotatable member forming a fixing nip portion together with the first rotatable member, and configured to heat and fix the toner image formed on the recording material at the fixing nip portion;
• and
• a blower unit configured to blow air around the second rotatable member,
• wherein, at continuous printing for forming a toner image on a plurality of recording materials continuously conveyed, a second section follows a first section,
• wherein, in the first section, the blower unit is not operated and an interval between a preceding recording material and a succeeding recording material is a first distance,
• wherein, in the second section, the blower unit is operated and the interval is a second distance narrower than the first distance, and
• wherein a temperature of the second rotatable member in the second section is higher than a temperature of the second rotatable member in the first section.

An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image bearing member;
• a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image formed on the image bearing member onto the recording material;
• a fixing unit including a first rotatable member, a heating member configured to heat the first rotatable member, and a second rotatable member forming a fixing nip portion together with the first rotatable member, and configured to heat and fix the toner image formed on the recording material at the fixing nip portion;
• and
• a blower unit configured to blow air around the second rotatable member,
• wherein, at continuous printing for forming a toner image on a plurality of recording materials continuously conveyed, a second section follows a first section,
• wherein, in the first section, an interval between a preceding recording material and a succeeding recording material is a first distance,
• wherein, in the second section, the blower unit is operated and the interval is a second distance narrower than the first distance, and
• wherein the blower unit is disposed between the transfer unit and the fixing unit in a direction of a height of the image forming apparatus when viewed in a direction of an axis of the second rotatable member.