IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF FUSING AND SOLIDIFYING WASTE TONER, AND METHOD OF REPLACING WASTE TONER RECOVERY CONTAINER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent, with a simple configuration, a reduction in performance and a reduction in durability of an image forming unit due to heat from a fixing device.;SOLUTION: In an image forming apparatus PR including a waste toner recovery container 28 that stores a residual toner removed from the surface of a photoreceptor 1, and a fixing device 8 that heats and fixes a toner image formed on a sheet P by an image forming unit 100, the waste toner recovery container 28 is arranged between the fixing device 8 and the image forming unit 100 so that the waste toner recovery container prevents an adverse effect of heat from the fixing device 8 to the image forming unit 100.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT