Patent ID: 7416178

Claim:
An image-forming device comprising: an image-forming unit forming images on a recording sheet; a sheet discharge unit discharging, in a sheet discharging direction, a recording sheet formed with an image by the image-forming unit; a sheet support unit disposed above the image-forming unit, and supporting sheet discharged from the sheet discharge unit; a top cover disposed above the sheet support unit so as to cover the sheet support unit with a underside surface of the top cover opposing a top surface of the sheet support unit, the top cover having a front side and a rear side in the sheet discharge direction, the front side being on a downstream side of the rear side in the sheet discharge direction; and a panel disposed on the front side of the top cover and comprising at least one of a control unit and a display unit on the top thereof; an opening being formed between the panel and the sheet support unit through which the recording sheet can be retrieved; and a top surface and a underside surface of the panel sloping downward from the rear side to the front side, wherein the top surface of the sheet support unit slopes downward toward the front in a region opposing the underside surface of the panel.