Patent ID: 7525683

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a reading mechanism that reads an image on an original document, the reading mechanism having an original placement portion on which the original document is placed; a recording mechanism that records an image on a recording medium, the recording mechanism having a medium supply tray on which the recording medium is set and a reversing mechanism that reverses a transporting direction of the recording medium; a casing that houses the recording mechanism, the casing being stacked with respect to the reading mechanism; and an operating section through which the image forming apparatus is manipulated; wherein the reading mechanism is disposed in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the original placement portion is substantially parallel with a width direction of the casing and the operating section is disposed on a front side of the reading mechanism; the medium supply tray is disposed in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the medium supply tray is substantially parallel with a depth direction that is perpendicular to the width direction of the casing, and the reversing mechanism is disposed on a rear end side in the depth direction; and a rear end position of the reversing mechanism is set substantially the same as a rear wall position of the reading mechanism, and a dimension of the recording mechanism in the depth direction is equal to or less than a sum of a depth of the reading mechanism plus a depth of the operating section.