Image forming apparatus

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a recording-medium stacking portion provided in a body portion or an upper portion of the image forming apparatus, the recording-medium stacking portion that stacks recording media on which respective images are formed thereon;

a recording-medium ejection portion that ejects the recording medium in a recording-medium ejection direction to the recording-medium stacking portion; and

a suctioning/exhausting unit located with respect to the recording-medium stacking portion in a direction, which is perpendicular to the recording-medium ejection direction and parallel to a surface of the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion, wherein

the suctioning/exhausting unit includes an inlet on a rear side and an outlet on a back surface of the image forming apparatus,

an axis perpendicular to the rear side is perpendicular to the recording-medium ejection direction, and

the suctioning/exhausting unit suctions air emitted from the recording medium after the recording medium has passed through the recording-medium ejection portion.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a filter.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the filter is disposed on a back surface of the image forming apparatus.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the filter is a deodorant filter.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the filter is an absorption or degradation filter of volatile organic compounds.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the filter is formed from two pieces of filter.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the inlet is disposed on a part of a casing of the image forming apparatus, the part being perpendicular to the recording-medium ejection direction.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the inlet is located on a surface that is perpendicular to both a surface of the recording-medium ejection portion and a surface of the recording-medium stacking portion.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a length from an opening of the recording-medium ejection portion to a far end of the inlet in the recording-medium ejection direction is smaller than an entire length of the recording medium.

10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the inlet is provided to face the recording-medium stacking portion.

11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the inlet is provided at a side rear of the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion such that, when the image forming apparatus is viewed from a front side, the inlet is located behind the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion.

12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

when the image forming apparatus is viewed from a front side, the inlet is provided at a wall at a far side of the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion.

13. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a recording-medium stacking portion provided in a body portion or an upper portion of the image forming apparatus, the recording-medium stacking portion that stacks recording media on which respective images are formed thereon;

a recording-medium ejection portion that ejects the recording medium in a recording-medium ejection direction to the recording-medium stacking portion; and

a suctioning/exhausting unit located with respect to the recording-medium stacking portion in a direction, which is perpendicular to the recording-medium ejection direction and parallel to a surface of the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion,

the suctioning/exhausting unit that includes an inlet on a rear side which is perpendicular to the recording-medium ejection direction of the recording-medium stacking portion and parallel to a surface of the recording-medium, and an outlet on a back surface of the image forming apparatus, wherein

the suctioning/exhausting unit suctions air emitted from the recording medium, which is ejected from the recording-medium ejection portion onto the recording-medium stacking portion,

the suctioning/exhausting unit is disposed downstream from the recording-medium ejection portion in a recording-medium traveling direction, and

the suctioning/exhausting unit suctions air emitted from the recording medium after the recording medium has passed through the recording-medium ejection portion.

14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the inlet is provided to face the recording-medium stacking portion.

15. The image forming apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

the inlet is provided at a side rear of the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion such that, when the image forming apparatus is viewed from a front side, the inlet is located behind the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion.

16. The image forming apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein

when the image forming apparatus is viewed from a front side, the inlet is provided at a wall at a far side of the recording medium stacked on the recording-medium stacking portion.