Patent ID: 8218157

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a recording-medium stacking portion provided in a body portion or an upper portion of the image forming apparatus, the recording-medium stacking portion stacks recording media on which respective images are formed thereon; a recording-medium ejection portion that ejects the recording medium in a recording-medium ejection direction to the recording-medium stacking portion; and a suctioning/exhausting unit located with respect to the recording-medium stacking portion in a direction, on a rear (back) side, which is perpendicular to the recording-medium ejection direction and parallel to a surface of the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion, the suctioning/exhausting unit suctions air emitted from the recording medium, which is ejected from the recording-medium ejection portion onto the recording-medium stacking portion, the suctioning/exhausting unit exhausts the suctioned air through a filter that removes volatile organic compounds, wherein an axis perpendicular to the rear (back) side is perpendicular to the recording-medium ejection direction, and the suctioning/exhausting unit suctions air emitted from the recording medium after the recording medium has passed through the recording-medium ejection portion.