Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet;
• a switchback roller disposed downstream of the image forming device and configured to reverse a conveying direction in which the sheet having the image thereon is conveyed such that the sheet is conveyed toward the image forming device;
• and
• a re-conveying device configured to re-convey the sheet toward the image forming device, the re-conveying device including a guide, the guide being configured to change a conveying direction of the sheet conveyed by the switchback roller from a vertical direction to a horizontal direction and to guide the sheet in a width direction perpendicular to the vertical direction and the horizontal direction,
• wherein the guide has a first guide surface and a second guide surface facing the first guide surface, the first guide surface and the second guide surface defining a conveying path therebetween, wherein the second guide surface is located closer to a center of a curvature of the conveying path than the first guide surface in a radial direction of the curvature, and
• wherein the first guide surface has a first area that is planar and inclined at an angle greater than 0° relative to the vertical direction, and a second area downstream of the first area in the conveying direction, the first area of the first guide surface configured to be contacted by a leading end of the sheet.