Patent ID: 8014698

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a main body in which a cassette unit to accommodate a plurality of sheets of paper, a plurality of toner cartridge units to contain toner having different colors respectively, a plurality of imaging units, each imaging unit to receive toner from the respective toner cartridge unit and to form an image on a transfer unit; a control panel unit to receive user commands and accessible from a front side of the image forming apparatus; a cassette unit movably attached to the main body so as to be accessible from the front side of the image forming apparatus; a first cover attached to the main body and movable between an opened position and a closed position; a second cover attached to the main body and movable between an opened position and a closed position; and a waste toner collection unit to collect waste toner discharged from the plurality of imaging units and the transfer unit, wherein the plurality of toner cartridge units, the waste toner collection unit and the second cover are accessible from the front side of the image forming apparatus when the first cover is in the opened position, and wherein the plurality of imaging units and the transfer unit are accessible from the front side of the image forming apparatus when both the first cover and the second cover are in the opened position.