Patent ID: 8970922
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a housing; an image formation unit that is provided in the housing and is configured to form an image on a recording medium; a stacking tray configured such that the recording medium on which an image has been formed by the image formation unit is stacked; a discharge roller configured to discharge, to the stacking tray, the recording medium on which an image has been formed by the image formation unit; and a reading device comprising a reading unit configured to read out an image formed on a document and a reversing unit configured to reverse a conveying direction of the document, wherein the reading device is disposed on a lower side in a vertical direction with respect to the stacking tray and on a downstream side, with respect to the discharge roller, in a discharging direction in which the recording medium is conveyed by the discharge roller.