Patent ID: 8243345

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a scan unit comprising: a document plate supporting a document, a reading module which is disposed under the document plate, performs a reciprocating motion, and includes an image sensor that reads an image of the original document and generates an image signal in response to the read image, a flexible flat cable (“FFC”) which is connected to the reading module and functions as a transfer path of power and of the image signal, and an electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) noise blocking unit located between a noise-generating portion of the reading module and the FFC to block noise that occurs when the image signal of the reading module is transmitted through the FFC; and a printing unit to print an image according to the image signal, wherein the EMI noise blocking unit is part of an FFC fixing unit which fixes the FFC to a side of the reading module to cause the FFC to run along the side of the reading module, and wherein the EMI noise blocking unit is located on an inside portion of the FFC fixing unit.