Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image bearing member for carrying a toner image;
• a transfer unit for nipping a recording material by a transfer nip formed with said image bearing member and for transferring the toner image from said image bearing member onto the recording material;
• a fixing unit for nipping the recording material by a fixing nip and for fixing the toner image on the recording material by heating the recording material using an AC voltage applied thereto;
• a voltage source portion for applying an AC voltage to said fixing unit;
• an electroconductive member contactable to the recording material;
• a resistance element connected with said electroconductive member;
• and
• a capacitor element connected with said electroconductive member,
• wherein said electroconductive member is disposed so as to be nipped simultaneously by said transfer nip and said fixing nip and so as to be contacted by the recording material, and
• said electroconductive member and said capacitor element are connected in parallel between said electroconductive member and a ground potential.