Patent ID: 7552922

Claim:
An image-forming apparatus which performs image-recording on a recording paper, and performs image-reading from a document, the image-forming apparatus comprising: an image recording section which has a transporting path in which the recording paper is transported, and which records an image on the recording paper at an image recording position in the transporting path; a tray on which the recording paper is placed; an image reading section which is provided above the image recording section, and which reads an image from the document; and a tray accommodating section which is provided between the image recording section and the image reading section, and which accommodates the tray; wherein: the image reading section is provided to be movable such that the tray accommodating section is opened; and a posture of the tray is changeable to a paper-feeding posture in which the tray guides the recording paper to the transporting path and to an accommodation posture in which the tray is accommodated in the tray accommodating section.