Patent ID: 6909494

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a sheet placing portion disposed substantially horizontally in a lower portion of an apparatus main body of said image forming apparatus to place a sheet thereon; sheet feeding means for feeding the sheet placed on said sheet placing portion; an image bearing member bearing an image thereon; transferring means for transferring the image borne on said image bearing member to a print surface of the sheet; fixing means for fixing the image transferred by said transferring means onto the print surface of the sheet; delivery means for delivering the sheet having had the image thereon fixed by said fixing means; a main conveying path disposed in a substantially vertical direction on an inner part side of said apparatus main body for guiding the sheet from said transferring means to said fixing means; and a sheet delivery guide having a guide surface for contacting with the sheet to thereby guide the sheet, and constituting a conveying path leading from said fixing means to said delivery means, wherein said guide surface of said sheet delivery guide is a flat surface.