Roll sheet image forming apparatus

摘要

A roll sheet image forming apparatus includes an introduction opening and a guide plate. Instead of a continuous sheet held in an apparatus main body, a continuous sheet for option feeding provided at an outside is introduced into the apparatus main body through the introduction opening. The guide plate is for splicing a lead sheet and a continuous sheet. When feeding the continuous sheet, a feeding unit is pulled out from the apparatus main body, a lead sheet is set to be conveyable towards an image forming unit, the feeding unit is again accommodated in the apparatus main body, a front end of the continuous sheet is placed on the guide plate, a rear end of the lead sheet is placed on the guide plate through the introduction opening, the rear end and the front end are spliced by a bonding member and then the feeding unit operates.

主权项

1. A roll sheet image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit that is configured to form an image on a sheet being conveyed; a holding unit that is configured to hold a sheet wound into a roll shape; a feeding unit that is configured to be pulled out in a predetermined direction from a storage chamber together with the holding unit and that is configured to feed the sheet held at the holding unit towards the image forming unit; an introduction opening that is provided on a side surface of the storage chamber and that is configured to introduce a sheet provided in an external feeding unit into the storage chamber; and a cover part that is configured to open and close the introduction opening, wherein the cover part functions as a guide plate to guide the sheet provided in the external feeding unit into the storage chamber, when the introduction opening is opened.