Patent ID: 7551886

Claim:
An image forming device for carrying out image forming by an image forming section with respect to a recording medium carried from a plurality of recording medium feeding sections, comprising: first and second carriage paths, the plurality of recording medium feeding sections including first, second and third recording medium feeding sections, where the first and second recording medium feeding sections are disposed in parallel with each other, the first carriage path carrying a recording medium stored in the first recording medium feeding section to the image forming section; and the second carriage path carrying a recording medium stored in the second recording medium feeding section to the image forming section, wherein the first carriage path vertically extends along an inside of the frame of a paper feeding unit and the second carriage path horizontally extends along an inside of the frame of the paper feeding unit, respectively, the first carriage path and the second carriage path individually carry a recording medium to the image forming section, the third recording medium feeding section is provided on an upstream side of the second carriage path, and the second carriage path carries a recording medium stored in the third recording medium feeding section to the image forming section, and the third recording medium feeding section is provided on a side opposite to the first carriage path with respect to the first and the second recording medium feeding sections where the first and the second recording medium feeding sections are located between the third recording medium feeding section and the first carriage path.