Patent ID: 7822361

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus body; an image forming unit that forms a toner image, and that transfers the toner image to a sheet; a first fixing device that fixes the toner image transferred to the sheet by the image forming unit; and a second fixing device that has a sheet-path length being longer than the first fixing device, and that outputs an image of a higher quality than produced by the first fixing device, the first and second fixing device being selectively attached, and the apparatus body including: a first attaching region that is formed by detaching the first fixing device; a sheet-discharging region in which, in a case where the first fixing device is attached to the apparatus body, a sheet subjected to a fixing operation by the first fixing device is discharged while downwardly directing a face on which the fixing operation is performed, and that is positioned in an upper portion of the apparatus body; and a second attaching region to which the second fixing device is attached, and that includes the first attaching region and the sheet-discharging region.