Patent ID: 7813665

Claim:
An image forming apparatus that is configured to fix an image by a developer onto a sheet-like recording medium, thereby capable of forming an image onto the recording medium, comprising: a fixing unit configured to fix the image by the developer attached to the recording medium onto the recording medium; and a main body section to which the fixing unit is mounted, wherein a fixing unit mounting section, to which the fixing unit is mounted by insertion of the fixing unit from a near side toward a far side of the fixing unit mounting section along a predetermined inserting direction, is formed to the main body section, an electric power supply section configured to supply electric power to the fixing unit is arranged at the near side of the fixing unit mounting section in the inserting direction of the fixing unit, and a connection section configured to establish electrical connection to the electric power supply section is formed at the near side of the fixing unit in the inserting direction of the fixing unit.