PRINTING MEDIUM SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME

摘要

An image forming apparatus supplies a printing medium to a development apparatus upon single-sided printing or double-sided printing. The image forming apparatus may include a printing medium supplying apparatus provided such that various kinds of printing media are compatible. Accordingly, the single-sided printing and the double-sided printing can be easily performed regardless of the size of the printing medium.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a printing medium supplying apparatus provided with a printing medium aligning apparatus; and a development apparatus to receive a printing medium from the printing medium supplying apparatus and to form an image, wherein the printing medium aligning apparatus comprises: a stationary guide unit to guide one end of the printing medium; and a variable guide unit to move with the stationary guide unit or independently move with respect to the stationary guide unit to guide the other end of the printing medium.