An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device having a heating
member and a pressing member which is pressed against the heating member,
the heating member and the pressing member holding and transporting a
recording medium to thermally fix a developer on the recording medium; a
peeling member that peels the recording medium off the heating member,
the peeling member being disposed downstream, in a transport direction of
the recording medium, of a holding position where the heating member and
the pressing member hold the recording medium; and an interference
prevention member that prevents the recording medium from interfering
with the peeling member after being peeled off the heating member by the
peeling member.