Patent ID: 7527444
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for printing an image received from a separate external image acquisition device comprising: a housing; an image acquisition unit in the housing for obtaining image data from said separate external image acquisition device; a printing unit in the housing for performing printing of at least a portion of the image data on at least one recording sheet; a supply tray in the housing for supplying the recording sheet; an ejection tray stacked in a vertical direction above the supply tray in the housing for receiving the recording sheet supplied from the supply tray; a cover hingedly attached to the housing wherein the cover covers the supply tray and the ejection tray; and a display provided on the cover; wherein the display displays at least a portion of the image data obtained from the separate external image acquisition device, and which may be printed on the recording sheet; and wherein the display has a viewable surface area covering at least fifty percent or more of the housing surface area defined by its length and width dimensions and the viewable surface area of the display being greater than fifty percent of the recording sheet surface area.