Patent ID: 8340560

Claim:
A fixing device comprising: a heated fixing member; a pressing member to form a nip portion between the pressing member and the fixing member, wherein the fixing member and the pressing member fix a toner image on a recording medium; a first blowing unit that separates the recording medium from the fixing member by blowing air to a position close to a leading edge of the recording medium having passed the nip portion; and a second blowing unit that separates the recording medium by blowing air to the recording medium whose leading edge has passed through the nip portion, wherein a discharge pressure of the air discharged by the first blowing unit is larger than a discharge pressure of the air discharged by the second blowing unit; a discharged air volume discharged by the first blowing unit is less than a discharge air volume discharged by the second blowing unit; and a first discharge port from which air is blown by the first blowing unit is arranged upstream of a second discharge port from which air is blown by the second blowing unit in a direction of conveyance of the recording medium; wherein the first blowing unit discharges air compressed by an air compressor and the second blowing unit discharges air ventilated by a fan.