PURPOSE: To prevent oil adhering to the tip part of a peeling pawl member from adhering to paper in the case of peeling the paper to which fixing has been performed by arranging the peeling pawl member for a fixing roller.

CONSTITUTION: In the peeling pawl member 20 which peels the paper in a state where its tip part is brought into contact with the fixing roll (pressuring roll 5), a guide member is integrally arranged on the side part of a pawl main body 23 which is formed in the same manner as the conventional peeling member, and either of the tip parts of both members is set to be brought into contact with the roll. The paper guiding surface of the guide member is formed in a state where it projects upper than the upper surface of the pawl main body 23, and the peeled paper is allowed to slide along the upper surface of the guide member and ejected. Therefore, the paper peeled from the fixing roll is guided along the guide member immediately after receiving peeling action, so that the oil, etc., adhering to the tip part of the pawl is prevented from being transferred on the paper.