Patent ID: 8593651

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image reading unit disposed in an upper portion of the image forming apparatus to read an image of a document; an image forming unit disposed below the image reading unit to form the image on a sheet fed from a sheet roll formed of a single continuous sheet; a pair of flange members attached to both lateral ends of the sheet roll in a width direction of the sheet roll perpendicular to a direction in which the sheet is fed from the sheet roll to the image forming unit; a sheet roll supporter disposed below the image reading unit in a rear portion of the image forming apparatus, the sheet roll supporter supporting the sheet roll to feed the sheet from the sheet roll to the image forming unit; an opening formed in a front portion of the image forming apparatus between the image reading unit and the image forming unit, through which the sheet roll with the pair of flange members attached is set to the sheet roll supporter; and a guide assembly provided at upper and lower parts of the opening, the guide assembly positioning at least one of the pair of flange members attached to the sheet roll in the width direction to guide the sheet roll from the opening to the sheet roll supporter.