An image forming apparatus capable of efficiently controlling light radiation to read an image

摘要

An image forming apparatus capable of efficiently controlling light radiation to read an image includes at least one lighting tube (13) and at least one reflector (15). Each one of the lighting tubes (13) includes an aperture. Each one of the reflectors (15) is arranged at a position in a vicinity to and corresponding to the lighting tube on a one-to-one basis. Each one of the reflector (15) is configured to gather light emitted through the aperture by the corresponding lighting tube (13) to focus the light on a point in a reading area in a surface of an original document (A) to be read. Each one of the reflectors (15) having an elliptical shape.