Patent ID: 8152259
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a body; an engine part provided in said body, said engine part including a recording head that ejects droplets of a recording liquid and a medium feeding part that feeds a recording medium to a location facing said recording head, said engine part recording an image on said recording medium by said recording head while said medium feeding part feeds said recording medium to said recording head; a cartridge loading part that holds a cartridge of said recording liquid in a detachable manner, said cartridge loading part being provided in said body of said image forming apparatus and feeding said recording liquid to said recording head of said engine part, said cartridge loading part being provided in said body adjacent to said engine part at a downstream side of said engine part in a recording medium feeding direction; a medium discharging part including a discharge path provided inside said body and provided above said cartridge loading part, said medium discharging part transporting said recording medium to outside said body after recording of said image with said engine part; and a sheet feed tray configured to contain sheets of recording media, the sheet feed tray being disposed immediately underneath the engine part, wherein said cartridge loading part is provided underneath said discharge path and is not provided underneath said engine part.