Patent ID: 8139995

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming apparatus main body that contains an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet; a discharge port, provided on the image forming apparatus main body, through which the sheet is discharged; a suction device, provided on the image forming apparatus main body, which sucks air; an opening, formed on a side surface of the image forming apparatus main body through which the air to be sucked by the suction device passes, the opening being provided separately from the discharge port; a post-processing apparatus, connected to the image forming apparatus main body, which receives the sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus main body through the discharge port, to thereby apply a post-processing operation to the sheet; a discharge tray, provided on the post-processing apparatus, on which discharged sheets are stacked; and an air passage, provided in the post-processing apparatus, which communicates between the space above the discharge tray and the opening, wherein the suction device sucks the air from the space above the discharge tray into the image forming apparatus main body through the air passage and the opening, and a VOC removing unit, provided on the image forming apparatus main body, which removes VOC contained in the air sucked by the suction device.