Patent ID: 7333748

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section; an image forming apparatus body that houses the image forming section; and a recording medium supplying apparatus that supplies a recording medium to the image forming section, wherein the recording medium supplying apparatus comprises: a recording medium holding part attached below the image forming apparatus body; and a recording medium conveying part, attached at a side of the image forming apparatus body, that conveys a recording medium from the recording medium holding part, and wherein the recording medium supplying apparatus is detachably attached to the image forming apparatus body; wherein the image forming section comprises: an image carrier; a plurality of developing units each of which develops a latent images written onto the image carrier into a toner image; an intermediate transfer device that conveys the toner image on the image carrier to a secondary transfer position after the toner image is transferred at a primary transfer position; a secondary transfer section that carries out secondary transfer of the toner image from the intermediate transfer device to a recording medium; a fixing device that fixes the toner image transferred to the recording medium; and a recording medium ejection section that ejects the recording medium to which the toner image is fixed, and the secondary transfer section, the fixing device, and the recording medium ejection section are disposed above the image carrier, the plurality of developing units, and the intermediate transfer device.