Patent ID: 8085432

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a feed tray on which a recording medium is mountable; a recording unit including: a feeding mechanism that feeds the recording medium from the feed tray; and a recording head that records an image on the recording medium fed by the feeding mechanism; a reading unit disposed above the recording unit, the reading unit including an original placement portion on which an original document is placed for reading an image of the original document; a casing that houses the recording unit; an ink tube connected to the recording head; and a cartridge holder disposed at a corner of the casing and is capable of mounting an ink cartridge, the cartridge holder having an ink passage that supplies ink from the ink cartridge toward the ink tube, wherein the image forming apparatus has a space in which the feed tray is disposed, the ink passage of the cartridge holder is surrounded by at least a circumferential wall of the casing and an opening wall of the casing, and the opening wall of the casing defines a side of the space.