Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a main housing, a process unit configured to form a toner image on a sheet that is conveyed through the process unit and comprising a cartridge containing toner, a fixing device located downstream of the process unit in a direction of conveyance of the sheet, and an elastically deformable film. The fixing device includes a rotatable heating body and a rotatable pressure body. The rotatable heating body and the rotatable pressure body nip and apply heat and pressure to the sheet on which the toner image is formed to fix the toner image on the sheet. An upper end of the film is attached to the main housing at a position between the fixing device and the process unit. The film extends downward from a position above an area through which the sheet is conveyed toward the area through which the sheet is conveyed.

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