To provide an image forming apparatus configured to efficiently utilize effective cooling of recording paper which is in a high temperature state after fixing, and exhaust heat from the recording paper after fixing.
The image forming apparatus includes: a moisture applying device 6 applying moisture to the recording paper on which an unfixed image is thermally fixed in a fixing device 4 and whose temperature rises on a downstream side in a recording paper conveying direction of the fixing device 4; water vapor transport pipes 20a, 20b and 20c collecting water vapor evaporated from the recording paper after the moisture is applied by the moisture applying device 6, and high-temperature atmosphere around the fixing device 4 including the fixing device 4 and transporting them to a prescribed position where humidity control or temperature control is performed in the image forming apparatus 1; and condensers 21a, 21b, 21c and 21d arranged at exits of the water vapor transport pipes 20a, 20b and 20c.
| JPH03136886 | RECORDING APPARATUS |
| JPH04163473 | PICTURE FORMING DEVICE |
| JP2002268522 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE |
OKANO SATORU
TANZAWA SETSU
KOBAYASHI AKINORI
SETO TAKASHI
EMA HIDETOSHI
YAMAGISHI TOSHIYUKI
YAMAMOTO NORIHIRO
| JP2000118849A | 2000-04-25 | |||
| JPH11167317A | 1999-06-22 | |||
| JP2006106279A | 2006-04-20 | |||
| JP2002108106A | 2002-04-10 | |||
| JP2005099527A | 2005-04-14 | |||
| JPH0816073A | 1996-01-19 |
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