Patent ID: 8433234

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a housing having a discharge port facing towards a front cover of the housing; a printing device mounted inside the housing to perform a printing operation on a print medium, the printing device including a plurality of developing cartridges mounted inside the housing and a transfer belt arranged between the plurality of developing cartridges and the front cover; a conveying unit to convey the print medium passing through the printing device towards a rear surface of the housing; and a discharge reverse unit to direct the print medium passing through the conveying unit towards the front cover of the housing in a reverse direction, wherein the discharge reverse unit includes a guide member rotatably mounted in the housing such that the print medium directed towards the front cover of the housing is guided upward towards the discharge port of the housing by the guide member, and a lifting part to contact and lift the guide member up and down at a first end portion thereof while the guide member pivots upon a fulcrum point disposed at a second end portion thereof.