Patent ID: 9131086
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G03G,H04B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion; a cover that covers the image forming portion and includes a stacking portion disposed in an upper portion of the cover and configured to receive a recording medium thereon, the recording medium having an image formed by the image forming portion and being discharged outside a main body of the image forming apparatus; and a communication portion arranged inside the cover in the main body of the image forming apparatus and including an antenna surface for use in establishing a near field communication, wherein the antenna surface faces a region of the upper section of the cover, the region being downstream in a direction of discharging the recording medium, the antenna surface at least partially facing a region of the upper section of the cover, the region being outside the stacking portion in a direction perpendicular to the direction of discharging the recording medium.