Patent ID: 8764182

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a recording head to eject ink onto a sheet of recording media fed along a sheet feed path to record an image on the sheet; a head holder holding the recording head; a cutter including opposed blades opposing each other; and a cutter holder holding the cutter and reciprocally movable in a width direction of the sheet perpendicular to a sheet feed direction in which the sheet is fed along the sheet feed path, the cutter holder disposed downstream from the recording head in the sheet feed direction and within a width of the head holder in the sheet feed direction, wherein the cutter holder holding the cutter is retractable to a retracted position below a plane of the sheet, and while the cutter is cutting the sheet, the cutter holder moves with a portion of the cutter holder disposed higher than the sheet, and when the cutter holder moves while not cutting the sheet, the cutter holder moves with the cutter holder retracted below the plane of the sheet.