Patent ID: 8693911

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier which is illuminated with a laser beam and on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a charging device which charges the image carrier; a developing device which supplies a developer to the image carrier; a transfer device which transfers a toner image formed on the image carrier by the developing device onto a recording medium; a manual tray through which the recording medium is manually fed to the image forming apparatus; a resistance measuring device which causes a current to flow through the recording medium before transferring the toner image and measures a resistance of the recording medium; a setting unit which sets conditions of the transfer on the basis of the measurement result of the resistance of the recording medium; an electric shock prevention member which prevents the current from flowing to a user through the recording medium during the measurement of the resistance of the recording medium, the electric shock prevention member includes a conductive guide which is in contact with the recording medium and the guide is provided on an interior side 180 mm or more from an entrance opening of the manual tray; and a fixing device which fixes the toner image onto the recording medium onto which the toner image is transferred.