IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Abstract: an image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus main body; an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a fixing unit including a heating rotation body and a pressure rotation body that forms a nip portion between the heating rotation body and the pressure rotation body, and configured to fix the image onto the sheet; and a cutter disposed downstream of the fixing unit in a conveying direction of the sheet and capable of cutting the sheet. the cutter is capable of cutting the sheet at a center position of the sheet in the conveying direction. a distance by which the sheet is conveyed from the nip portion to the cutter is larger than half of a dimension of the sheet to be cut in the conveying direction.

Inventor(s): Shota SHINOYA, Tomoyuki MIZUNO

CPC Classification: G03G15/2028 (for fixing, e.g. by using heat)

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