IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET CONVEYANCE MECHANISM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a size (width) of MFP while securing conveyance structure with large curvature radius of end of a reverse path to output image on both of a sheet medium having a large base weight because of ADU (automatic double-sided unit).

SOLUTION: A sheet conveyance mechanism is equipped with: a first conveyance guide that guides a sheet medium; a second conveyance guide where the first conveyance guide guides the sheet medium toward the first conveyance guide with an angle larger than a predetermined one to a direction where the sheet medium is guided; and a third conveyance guide that is guided by the second conveyance guide and that guides the point of the sheet medium to be moved to the first conveyance guide toward the first conveyance guide.

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