Patent ID: 8456714

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a storage section configured to store media; a printing section configured to perform printing on a medium supplied from the storage section; a flatbed scanner section, having a reading surface, configured to read an original on the reading surface; and a changing mechanism configured to change the angle of the reading surface relative to the printing section, wherein the flatbed scanner section is capable of reading the original on the reading surface in each of a first mode where the angle of the reading surface is a first angle relative to the printing section and a second mode where the angle of the reading surface is a second angle relative to the printing section different from the first angle, wherein the flatbed scanner section includes an openable cover for covering the reading surface entirely, the openable cover being configured to press the original on the reading surface; wherein the openable cover is openable on a first hinge in the first mode; wherein the openable cover is openable on a second hinge in the second mode, and wherein the first hinge and the second hinge are arranged near two different edges of the openable cover.