Patent ID: 7395023

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an automatic document feeder that is equipped with a source document feeding section that automatically feeds a source document and a source document feed tray on which a source document to be fed is set, that is positioned on a top part of the image forming apparatus main body, and that performs automatic feeding by means of the source document feeding section of a source document placed on the source document feed tray; an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet; a top ejection section that ejects above the source document feed tray a printed sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming section; a printed sheet holding section that holds a source document feeding direction downstream edge of the printed sheet ejected above the source document feed tray in an area apart from the source document feeding section, wherein: the top ejection section ejects the printed sheet above the source document feed tray from a source document feeding direction downstream side; and the printed sheet holding section is composed of a swinging member whose free end swings freely under its own weight and comes into contact with a top of a source document placed in the source document feed tray.