Patent ID: 6973277

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: one or more recording components which are operative upon a recording member for use in recording an image, upon the recording member; the recording member upon which an image is formed, the recording member being moved in a process path during which movement information is recorded on the recording member by operation of the one or more recording components used in recording; an access door cover openable for providing access to a serviceperson to the one or more recording components and/or recording member; a blower establishing an air path of cooling air within the apparatus, the air path having a substantial current flowing in a direction transverse to the process path and over or about the recording member and/or the one or more recording components towards the access door cover; and wherein the blower, upon opening of the access door cover, establishes a substantial airflow path of air from directly outside the access door cover into the apparatus so as to substantially reduce flow of contaminated air from the apparatus towards the serviceperson.