IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

Disclosed is an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a housing having a discharge port, a plurality of photosensitive bodies mounted in the housing, a transfer unit to transfer visible images formed on the plurality of photosensitive bodies onto a printing medium, a fusing unit to fuse transferred visible images to the printing medium, and a reverse unit to reverse a moving direction of the printing medium, after the printing medium has passed through the fusing unit. As the moving direction of the printed printing medium is reversed by the reverse unit, the printing medium may be discharged while a printed surface of the printing medium is directed downward, allowing a user to easily draw out the printing medium.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a housing having a discharge port to discharge a printing medium to a discharge tray; a scanning module located above the discharge tray; a printing unit including a plurality of developing units vertically arranged with respect to each other and a transfer unit arranged between the plurality of developing units and an openable panel located at a front portion of the housing; and a pivotal back cover pivotally attached to a rear portion of the housing and to form a receiving space between a guiding side of the pivotal back cover and a wall disposed adjacent thereto, wherein a printing medium picked up from a paper cassette travels in a first path to move the printing medium in an upward direction through the printing unit and a rearward direction towards the rear portion of the housing, enabling the leading edge of the printing medium to move into the receiving space through an opening formed in a rear portion of the housing, and after the leading edge of the printing medium moves into the receiving space, a moving direction of the printing medium is reversed through the opening such that the printing medium is discharged out of the discharge port to the discharge tray in a state in which a printed side of the printing medium faces downward, wherein a scanned document is discharged by the scanning module in a direction towards one of right or left sides of the housing and the printing medium is discharged out of the discharge port in a direction towards the front portion of the housing.