Sheet guiding device and image forming apparatus

Abstract

A sheet guiding device includes: a first guiding unit that is grounded and guides a sheet transported; and a second guiding unit that is disposed on a downstream side of the first guiding unit and grounded with a resistance higher than a resistance with which the first guiding unit is grounded, and that guides the sheet transported to the first guiding unit to a transfer position interposed between an image carrier that carries a toner image and a transfer unit that transfers the toner image on the image carrier onto the transported sheet by pinching the sheet between the image carrier and the transfer unit and applying an electric field across the image carrier and the transfer unit. The first guiding unit has a dimension decrease area in which on a surface, in contact with the sheet, of the first guiding plate on the downstream side in the sheet transport direction, a dimensional value of a portion including a first material that is a same as the first material used as a material of another surface, in contact with the sheet, of the first guiding plate on an upstream side of the downstream side in a sheet width direction crossing the sheet transport direction is decreased at a more downstream position in the sheet transport direction.