Patent ID: 7194219

Claim:
An image-forming device, comprising: an image-forming unit that includes an image-forming portion that forms an image on a recording medium, the image-forming unit being projected down onto an area in which the image-forming unit is installed, the area being divided into a front area and a rear area in a predetermined front-to-rear direction, the image-forming portion having a front image-forming portion that is located on a front side of the image-forming unit and a rear image-forming portion that is located on a rear side of the image-forming unit, the front image-forming portion being projected on to the front area and the rear image-forming portion being projected onto the rear area; an image-scanning portion that scans an image from an original document while conveying the original document, the image-scanning portion being disposed on the front side of the image-forming unit in the predetermined front-to-rear direction, the image-scanning portion being projected in the front area, the image-forming portion forming an image on a recording medium based on image data read by the image-scanning portion; a control panel that enables a user to control the image-scanning portion and the image-forming portion, the control panel being disposed on the front side of the image-forming unit in the predetermined front-to-rear direction, the control panel being projected in the front area, the control panel and the image-scanning portion being arranged in vertical alignment with the front image-forming portion on the front area; a cover that is provided integrally with the control panel and that covers the image-scanning portion; and an original document supply tray disposed on a rear side of the image-scanning portion in the front-to-rear direction at a slant to the horizontal for receiving an original document to be supplied to the image-scanning portion.