Patent ID: 7080902

Claim:
An ink-jet printer, comprising: a paper supply unit having a paper supply plate on which paper is stacked, and a pickup roller picking up the paper stacked on the paper supply plate; a transferring unit for transferring the paper picked up by the paper supply unit; a printing unit having an ink cartridge to perform a printing process of printing an image on the paper transferred from the transferring unit; a discharge unit having a discharge plate in which the paper printed by the printing unit is discharged and stacked; and a cover covering and uncovering a space of the paper supply unit in which the paper is stacked, wherein: the paper supply plate and the discharge plate are spaced-apart from each other by a predetermined interval and are substantially parallel to each other, the paper supply unit is disposed at an upper portion of the discharge unit, and the ink cartridge is disposed between the paper supply unit and the discharge unit.