Patent ID: 8579282

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a housing; an image forming unit disposed inside the housing; a discharging portion configured to discharge a sheet medium on which an image is formed by the image forming unit; a stacking unit configured to stack the sheet medium discharged from the discharging portion, the stacking unit including a stacking surface portion on which the sheet medium is stacked, the stacking surface portion including a planar portion formed flat and a protruding portion configured to protrude upwardly from the planar portion; and a pressing member disposed in contact with an upper surface of the sheet medium stacked on the stacking surface portion, wherein the pressing member is disposed in contact with the upper surface of the sheet medium stacked on the stacking surface portion in proximity to and more downstream of the protruding portion in the discharging direction in which the sheet medium is discharged from the discharging portion.