Patent ID: 8488137

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body including an intra-body paper discharge section, the intra-body paper discharge section being provided in a space sandwiched between upside and downside respectively, by an image reading section for reading an image of a document and generating a set of image data, and an image forming section for performing an image forming process on a recording medium based on the set of image data; the intra-body paper discharge section being whereto the recording medium that has undergone the image forming process is discharged; a post-processing device disposed so as to be freely displaceable between a retracted position at which it is received by the intra-body paper discharge section and a protruded position at which it is drawn to one side face side; the post-processing device, at the retracted position, being adapted for performing a process on the recording medium that has undergone the image forming process; an objective working section disposed on an upstream side face of the post-processing device in the drawing direction of the post-processing device, the objective working section being whereto a maintenance task is carried out at the protruded position; a light source disposed on the upstream side face and having a function to light up the objective working section at the protruded position; and a shade member disposed on the upstream side face and in the front face side from the light source for blocking off direct projection light to the front face side of the light source, wherein a dimension in height of the shade member is configured so as to be larger than a dimension in height of the light source, and the shade member projects more than the light source on the upstream side face.