Patent ID: 8295746

Claim:
An image forming apparatus of an intermediate transfer type that forms an image by transferring a toner image formed on an image carrier onto a recording medium through an intermediate transfer belt, the image forming apparatus comprising: a secondary transfer unit that secondary-transfers a toner image formed on the intermediate transfer belt onto the recording medium, the secondary transfer unit including a transfer member to which an electrostatic bias is applied, a transfer roller that is pressed by the transfer member across the intermediate transfer belt, and a transfer guide roller that is arranged near the transfer roller on an upstream side thereof in a moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt, and supports the intermediate transfer belt; and a sheet guiding member that is arranged on an upstream side of a transfer nip formed between the transfer member and the transfer roller in a sheet conveying direction on a sheet conveying path on the intermediate transfer belt side, wherein one end of the sheet guiding member on the transfer nip side is located on a straight line connecting an exit of a registration nip formed between a pair of registration rollers and an entrance of the transfer nip or inside of a triangle formed by connecting rotation centers of the transfer member, the transfer roller, and the transfer guide roller.