Patent ID: 8855544

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixing device, including two rotatable members that are pressed against each other, for fixing a toner on a recording paper; and a guide member for guiding the recording paper to which a toner has been transferred to a nip region between the two rotatable members, wherein a conductive or semiconductive region and an insulating region are sequentially arranged in a recording paper transport direction on a guide face of the guide member so that both of the conductive or semiconductive region and the insulating region are capable of contacting the recording paper which is transported therealong and so that the conductive or semiconductive region is disposed on an upstream side in the recording paper transport direction and that the insulating region is disposed on a downstream side in the recording paper transport direction, and the conductive or semiconductive region is grounded, and the insulating region includes an end portion of the guide member on the downstream side in the recording paper transport direction.