Patent ID: 7269376

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a device main body; a process unit having a photoconductive drum, the process unit is inserted into and removed from the device main body from a front side of the device main body in an axial direction of the photoconductive drum, the process unit further comprising a housing and a shutter mounted on the housing that is openable and closable to cover a surface of the photoconductive drum; a transfer roller that nips printing paper with the photoconductive drum and transfers a toner image on a surface of the photoconductive drum onto the printing paper; a transfer guide that supports the transfer roller and is capable of slanting in a direction in which the transfer roller and the photoconductive drum make contact with one another and separate from one another; an elastic member that urges the transfer roller in a direction to make contact with the photoconductive drum; and an operation member that slants the transfer guide against an urging force of the elastic member by an operation from the front side of the device main body, wherein the device main body further comprises a shutter pressing member, which moves in response to the slanting of the transfer guide, opens the shutter under a state in which the transfer roller and the photoconductive drum are making contact with one another, and closes the shutter under a state in which the transfer roller and the photoconductive drum are located away from one another.