Patent ID: 8807560

Claim:
A recording sheet guide structure configured to guide a recording sheet conveyed between an image carrier and a transfer part, the recording sheet guide structure comprising: a pair of first guide parts including first ridgeline parts which are configured to respectively slidingly contact with a transfer surface side of both end portions of a first recording sheet having a first width in a width direction, and configured to guide the both end portions of the first recording sheet in a direction of separating the first recording sheet from the image carrier; and a pair of second guide parts including second ridgeline parts which are configured to respectively slidingly contact with a transfer surface side of both end portions of a second recording sheet having a second width narrower than the first width of the first recording sheet in the width direction, and configured to guide the both end portions of the second recording sheet in a direction of separating the second recording sheet from the image carrier, wherein the pair of second guide parts is positioned at an inner side of the pair of first guide parts in the width direction and is arranged further downstream than the pair of first guide parts in a conveyance direction of the recording sheet, and wherein a distance between the pair of second guide parts and a conveyance reference plane of the recording sheet conveyed between the image carrier and the transfer part is larger than a distance between the pair of first guide parts and the conveyance reference plane, the conveyance reference plane being substantially parallel to the conveyance direction of the recording sheet.