ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING IMAGE READING PART

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form an image reading part and an image forming part in an integral structure and to improve the operability not to make an image forming device higher as a whole to exchange a cartridge. SOLUTION: A sliding mechanism 27 is arranged under the image reading part 2 and connected to the upper part of the image forming part 1. When the reading part 2 is pushed in the direction A in order to exchange the cartridge, it is moved and space for opening a cartridge cover 25 is formed so that the cartridge can be exchanged. Besides, the reading part 2 is set so that it can be slid in a horizontal direction to the image forming part 1.