Patent ID: 8238783

Claim:
A multi-function printer comprising: an image forming unit, comprising: a body casing including a front, a rear opposite to the front in a first direction, a top, a bottom opposite to the top in a second direction, a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction; a developing unit comprising a developing roller having an axis extending in the third direction; a side cover disposed on the first side of the body casing and configured to be opened and closed; a developer cartridge configured to be detachably attached into the body casing from the first side of the body casing when the side cover is opened; a discharge tray disposed on a top portion of the image forming unit; a support unit configured to support the developer cartridge in the body casing; a sheet feeding tray configured to be detachably attached into the body casing from the front of the body casing; and a discharge unit configured to discharge a sheet having an image formed thereon toward the rear of the body casing and onto the discharge tray; and a scanner unit provided above the image forming unit; and a support member connecting the image forming unit and the scanner unit, wherein the top of the body casing includes a first portion including an edge of the top of the body casing on the first side extending from the front to the rear and a second portion closer to the second side than the first side and spaced apart from the first portion in the third direction, wherein the scanner unit includes a third portion and a fourth portion spaced apart from the third portion in the third direction, the third portion being spaced apart from the first portion of the body casing in the second direction such that the scanner unit is separated from the top of the body casing on the first side, wherein the support member extends between the second portion of the body casing and the fourth portion of the scanner unit in the second direction, and wherein the third portion includes a surface portion that extends in the second direction and slopes toward the fourth portion and the bottom of the body casing.