Patent ID: 7950797

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a recording head configured to eject liquid droplets onto a sheet to form an image; a transport unit configured to intermittently transport the sheet so that the sheet is transported facing the recording head; a discharge transport unit disposed downstream the transport unit in a sheet transport direction, the discharge transport unit including: plural transport rollers configured to transport, independently from the transport unit, the sheet in a sheet discharge direction; and plural spurs disposed facing the respective transport rollers and arranged in the sheet transport direction; a guide member configured to hold the spurs of the discharge transport unit and be rotatably supported by a shaft to rotate in a direction away from a sheet transport path; a stopping and holding unit configured to stop and hold the guide member in a position in which only the spur in the most downstream side in the sheet transport direction is in contact with the sheet; and a detecting unit configured to detect the guide member being in a position in which the plural spurs are in contact with the sheet.