Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus to form a toner image on a recording material, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a photosensitive member;
• and
• an optical scanning unit configured to scan the photosensitive member with a laser light according to image information, wherein the optical scanning unit includes:
• a light source,
• a deflector configured to deflect the laser light emitted from the light source,
• an imaging lens configured to form an image of the laser light deflected by the deflector,
• an optical box configured to hold the deflector and the imaging lens,
• a cover member configured to cover an opening of the optical box, and
• a moving unit movable to an outside of the image forming apparatus,
• wherein the optical scanning unit and the moving unit are arranged so that the moving unit and the optical scanning unit are opposed to each other in a state in which the moving unit is located in an inside of the image forming apparatus,
• wherein the optical scanning unit is disposed so as to allow a user to touch the optical scanning unit through a space generated in the inside of the image forming apparatus when the moving unit is moved to the outside of the image forming apparatus, and
• wherein, of the optical box and the cover member, the cover member is opposed to the moving unit.