Desktop color image forming apparatus

摘要

An electrophotographic color image forming apparatus (100) using both a tandem-drum development, an indirect image-transfer method and a vertical sheet supply path, wherein an intermediate image-transfer member (7) is arranged relative to a horizontal line such that a rear side of the intermediate image-transfer member away from a recording sheet is lifted and a front side thereof closer to the recording sheet is lowered, image creating mechanisms (8Y,8C,8M,8Bk) are aligned in parallel and arranged along and parallel to a moving image transfer bed formed by the intermediate image-transfer member (7) such that one of the image creating mechanisms (8Y) firstly forming an image faces the rear side and another image creating mechanism (8Bk) lastly forming an image faces the front side of the moving image transfer bed, and toner cartridges (36a,36b,36c,36d) are accessible along and parallel to the intermediate transfer member (7) such that toner conveying passages between the toner cartridges and image creating mechanisms are substantially of similar length and angle. <IMAGE>