TRAY DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING DOCUMENTS OF CUT SHEET AND COMPUTOR PAPER

摘要

PURPOSE: To provide a simple and low-cost document dual-mode catch tray apparatus by installing an upper part baffle unit pivotable between a first position for guiding cut sheet documents to a restacking catch tray area and a second position for guiding computer form web arcuately. CONSTITUTION: An image forming apparatus is provided with a restacking catch tray 20 receiving both cut sheet documents and computer form CF web documents in the upper surface. The dual-mode restacking catch tray 20 is pivotable from a first position at a generally horizontal tray angle for restacking cut sheet documents into a second position at a preferred angle for folding a computer form web. Further, there is an upper baffle unit 30 partially overlying the output path to the restacking area, which is pivotable between a first position for planarly guiding cut sheet documents and a second raised position for guiding a computer form web arcuately into the restacking area with an integral CF guide baffle 32.