摘要 |
<p>An image forming apparatus includes a first frame plate (40) and a second frame plate (41), which has an extended portion (45) horizontally extending by a predetermined length (L) compared with the first frame plate, oppositely disposed spacing by a predetermined width from each other, an open and close unit, which includes a recording medium conveying system, disposed within an area of the extended portion between the first and second frame plates and configured to freely open and close with respect to the image forming apparatus, and a drive controlling mechanism configured to control the recording medium conveying system, in which the extended portion supports a portion of the drive controlling mechanism so as to be separately mounted on a side of the image forming apparatus.</p> |