摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the installation property and operability of a post processing unit. <P>SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus provided with an image reading part reading an image of an original, an image forming part arranged below the image reading part with some space and forming an image on recording material and ejecting rolls 1,001 provided in a space part (loading part D) between the image reading part and the image forming part and to which the recording material from the image forming part is ejected has a binding unit 1,015 which carries out a binding process on the recording medium ejected from the ejecting part provided in the loading part D along a guide rail 1,010 to be able to come close to/separate from the ejecting rolls 1,001 and another post processing unit (punch unit 1,050) is selectively attached in between the binding process unit and the ejecting rolls 1,001 in response to a request. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |