Patent ID: 8160487

Claim:
An image-forming device for forming an image on a recording sheet including a first recording sheet having a first width and a second recording sheet having a second width narrower than the first width, the recording sheet defining a width in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, the device comprising: an image-forming unit that forms a developing agent image on the recording sheet; a fixing unit comprising a heating roller that heats the recording sheet discharged from the image-forming unit, and a pressure roller that presses the recording sheet against the heating roller, the heating roller and the pressure roller providing a nip point where the recording sheet is nipped therebetween, the nip point being offset in a thickness direction of the recording sheet from a plane along which the recording sheet is discharged from the image-forming unit, a sheet conveying path being provided from the image-forming unit to the fixing unit; a pair of first guides disposed on the conveying path and configured to contact with an image-forming side of the first recording sheet at both widthwise edges thereof and separate from an image-forming side of the second recording sheet, for restraining the first recording sheet from being displaced toward the image-forming side; and a pair of second guides disposed on the conveying path and configured to contact with the image-forming side of the second recording sheet at both widthwise edges thereof and separate from the image-forming side of the first recording sheet, for restraining the second recording sheet from being displaced toward the image-forming side, a distance between the pair of first guides in the widthwise direction being greater than a distance between the pair of second guides in the widthwise direction, and the pair of second guides being offset from the pair of first guides in the sheet conveying direction.