Patent ID: 7515866

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming part configured to form an image on a recording medium; a feed part for feeding the recording medium; a manual feed part for manually feeding the recording medium; a shutter member configured to open and close a manual feed opening from the manual feed part; and a swingable opening and closing guide member for providing slackness to the recording medium in a conveyance path of the recording medium from the feed part to the image forming part, wherein the shutter member is provided so as to be swingable, the manual feed opening is disposed on a downstream side of the swingable opening and closing guide member, swinging of the swingable opening and closing guide member is interlocked with opening and closing of the shutter member, and the shutter member is provided so as to be switchable between a first position where the shutter member is prevented from being interlocked with the swingable opening and closing guide member and a second position where the shutter member is interlocked with the swingable opening and closing guide member.