Patent ID: 8790028

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image reading unit to read an image of a document, disposed in an upper portion of the image forming apparatus; an image forming unit to form the image on a sheet, disposed below the image reading unit; an upper sheet roll supporter and a lower sheet roll supporter provided one above the other below the image forming unit to support an upper lower sheet roll and a lower sheet roll, respectively, each sheet roll being formed of a single long sheet wound around a core, in which the lower sheet roll supporter is offset in relationship to the upper sheet roll supporter; and an upper opening and a lower opening provided in a front surface of the image forming apparatus through which the upper sheet roll and the lower sheet roll, respectively, are set to the upper sheet roll supporter and the lower sheet roll supporter from the front surface of the image forming apparatus, wherein the lower sheet roll supporter has a portion protruding forward beyond a front end surface located at a front most side of the image forming apparatus in a sheet feedable state.