Wet-Type Image Forming Apparatus

A wet-type image forming apparatus using liquid developer containing liquid carrier and toner particles dispersed in the liquid carrier, comprising:

• a heating unit configured to heat a recording medium and to volatilize liquid carrier in a toner image formed by development using the liquid developer and transferred to the recording medium;
• a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording medium, and disposed at a downstream side of the heating unit in a conveyance direction of the recording medium;
• a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording medium from the heating unit to the fixing unit;
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• a guide member disposed to cover the conveyance unit to form a passage in which the volatilized liquid carrier moves in the conveyance direction of the recording medium, wherein the recording medium is conveyed on the conveyance unit toward the fixing unit after heated by the heating unit, and the volatilized liquid carrier is cooled and turned into fine mist liquid carrier during the movement, and then the fine mist liquid carrier attaches to the recording medium before the recording medium reaches the fixing unit.