Patent ID: 7228089

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming apparatus main body in which an ejection tray is provided at an upper portion thereof; a recording medium storage section arranged along a substantially horizontal direction; a transport path for transporting a recording medium supplied from the recording medium storage section along a substantially vertical direction, and for ejecting the transported recording medium to the ejection tray of the image forming apparatus main body, the ejection tray storing the ejected recording medium; an image carrier; an optical writing section for forming an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; and a developing section for developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier to produce a visible image, wherein the developing section owns a developer storage space, which includes a first developer storage portion and a second developer storage portion, for storing developer; the developer is dropped from the first developer storage portion to the second developer storage portion; a developer housing including the second developer storage portion is communicatively connected to a developer replenishment box including the first developer storage portion; the ejection tray is disposed in an upper part of the developer replenishment box; an upper surface housing of the developer replenishment box inclines in substantially the same direction as the ejection tray inclines; and a latent image writing position of the image carrier written by the optical writing section is located lower than at least a portion of the developer storage space along the vertical direction.