Patent ID: 8886078

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of image formation portions that include: a rotatable electrostatic latent image carrying member; a charging unit which uniformly charges a surface of the electrostatic latent image carrying member; and a development unit which visualizes, with toner, an latent image formed on the electrostatic latent image carrying member and that forms toner images of different colors; a transfer unit that transfers the toner images formed and superimposed by the image formation portions to a transfer-receiving member; a fixing unit that heats the transferred toner images to melt and fix the toner images to the transfer-receiving member; and a blower system that forms an airflow moving from an image formation portion closest to the fixing unit to an image formation portion farthest from the fixing unit, wherein the image formation portions are air-cooled sequentially from the image formation portion closest to the fixing unit, and wherein the blower system is formed with an intake fan and a discharge fan, and outside air sucked by the intake fan into a body of the apparatus is fed to the image formation portion closest to the fixing unit.