Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer portion, a fixing portion, a recording medium conveying passage, and a static eliminating member. The image carrier carries a toner image. The transfer portion transfers the toner image formed on the image carrier to a recording medium. The fixing portion fixes the toner image transferred by the transfer portion to the recording medium. Through the recording medium conveying passage, the recording medium conveyed from the transfer portion to the fixing portion passes. A plurality of static eliminating members are arranged in the recording medium conveying passage along the conveying direction of the recording medium in a non-contact state with the recording medium. The static eliminating member arranged on the downstream side in the conveying direction of the recording medium has a larger electric charge capacity than that of the static eliminating member arranged on the upstream side.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.