Patent ID: 8164763

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a printing unit which prints an image on a paper, the printing unit including a heating roller and a pressure roller; a plurality of guide members supported by a support member such that the guide members can pivot in predetermined directions, the guide members to guide a paper discharging via the heating roller and the pressure roller of the printing unit towards an exit path, each guide member having a first guide side, wherein when the first guide side is contacted by a paper discharging via the heating roller and pressure roller of the printing unit, each of the plurality of guide members pivots with respect to an axis in a first direction with a force applied by the paper, and returns to an original position by pivoting in a second direction opposite to the first direction after the paper passes through; and a reverse path configured such that a paper having an image printed on one side traveling backward along the exit path is reversed and supplied into the printing unit, wherein each guide member further comprises a second guide side which guides the paper traveling backward along the exit path to the reverse path, wherein the support member is disposed above at least one of the heating roller and the pressure roller, the support member arranged in the direction of the width of paper conveyed via the heating roller and the pressure roller.