Patent ID: 8855516

Claim:
An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material, said apparatus comprising: an image forming portion configured to form an unfixed toner image on the recording material; a fixing portion configured to fix the unfixed toner image on the recording material at a nip portion while conveying the recording material bearing the unfixed toner image, the fixing portion including a fixing member, contacting the unfixed toner image and a pressing member forming the nip portion therebetween; an air blowing member facing the pressing member and configured to blow the air toward said pressing member; and a shutter, provided between said air blowing member and said pressing member, configured to control an air blowing region of said pressing member, wherein said image forming apparatus is configured to execute a first mode for blowing air to the air blowing region set to an entire sheet-passing area of said pressing member by the air blowing member, and a second mode for blowing air to the air blowing region set to only a non-sheet-passing area of the pressing member by the air blowing member.