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Abstract

A drying device drying a sheet with an ink image includes a belt with through holes penetrating through inner and outer sides thereof, a blowing unit and a suction unit. The blowing unit upward of the belt includes a blowing duct including a blowout opening blowing out the air toward the sheet and a blowing fan blowing toward the blowout opening in the blowing duct. The suction unit downward of the belt includes a first exhaust duct including a first exhaust opening sucking the air from the inner side through the through holes and a suction fan blowing toward the first exhaust opening inside the first exhaust duct. The second exhaust duct is connected to the first exhaust opening and provided with a second exhaust opening exhausting the air to the inside of a casing. The second exhaust opening is disposed to exhaust upward at a position above the belt.

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