Patent ID: 8095063
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a main body having a discharge port facing towards a front panel of the main body; a printing unit mounted inside the main body to perform a printing operation on a first surface of a print medium, the printing unit including a plurality of developing devices mounted inside the main body and a transfer belt arranged between the plurality of developing devices and the front panel; a feeding unit to feed a print medium passing through the printing unit towards a rear panel of the main body; and a discharge reversal unit arranged in a rear region of the main body to feed the print medium toward the rear panel of the main body along a single path between the discharge reversal unit and the rear panel in a forward direction and to cause the print medium to move in a reverse direction, wherein, while a portion of the print medium is disposed in the single path, the print medium moved in the reverse direction by the discharge reversal unit is selectively fed to either the discharge port to discharge the print medium or to a duplex-print circulation path in which the print medium is fed back to the printing unit by moving through a portion of the duplex-print circulation path located between the transfer belt and the front panel of the main body so as to perform a printing operation on a second surface of the print medium.