Image forming apparatus and recording-material-transporting device

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image, a transport path section along which a recording material that is yet to undergo or has undergone image formation performed by the image forming section is transported, a transport unit that is provided in the transport path section and transports the recording material while nipping the recording material, an operated portion that is operated by a user and activates the transport unit such that the recording material is removed from the transport unit, and a notification unit that notifies a completion of the operation of the operated portion on the basis of a position of the recording material that is removed from the transport unit by the user's operation of the operated portion.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming section that forms an image; a transport path section along which a recording material that is yet to undergo or has undergone image formation performed by the image forming section is transported; a transport unit that is provided in the transport path section and transports the recording material while nipping the recording material; an operated portion that is operated by a user and activates the transport unit such that the recording material is removed from the transport unit; and a notification unit that notifies a completion of the operation of the operated portion on the basis of a position of the recording material that is removed from the transport unit by the user's operation of the operated portion, the notification unit including a movable portion that is advanceable into and retractable from the transport path section and is movable along a locus passing through a position, in a direction of transport of the recording material, where the transport unit is provided, the movable portion being provided on a rotatable shaft, and a notification member that notifies a user of a state of the notification unit based on the movement of the movable portion, the notification member rotating with the rotation of the rotatable shaft.