Sheet medium holding device and image forming apparatus provided with the device

摘要

The laser printer 1 is provided with a sheet stack portion 5 on which recorded sheets discharged through a discharge port 6 are stacked, and feed rollers 7b which slide the stacked sheets so as to move away from the discharge port 6. The laser printer 1 performs the slide of the stacked sheets on the stack portion 5 by detecting the height of the stacked sheets or counting the number of stacked sheets and operating the feed rollers 7b based on the detection or count result.