Patent ID: 6721521
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:first image forming sections for forming an image; second image forming sections for forming an image in different color from the image formed by said first image forming sections; and an intermediate transfer medium disposed between said first image forming sections and said second image forming sections, wherein the image formed by said first image forming sections and the image formed by said second image forming sections are transferred onto a recording medium by said intermediate transfer medium, and said first image forming sections and said second image forming sections are slidable in mutually different directions respectively through openings formed on an apparatus main body in respective sliding directions, wherein: said first image forming sections and said second image forming sections include, for respective different colors, image holding members for holding electrostatic latent images according to the image data, said image holding members are rotatable about respective axes aligned in a same direction, and one of said first image forming sections and said second image forming sections are slidable in an axial direction of the image holding members and the others of said first image forming sections and said second image forming sections are slidable in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction.