Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a paper feeding part that houses a medium that is to be fed;
• a belt-shaped image holding part that holds an image on a surface of the image holding part and rotates;
• a transfer part that is disposed to face the image holding part and that transfers an image onto a medium from the image holding part in a final transfer region;
• a cleaning part that removes a deposit on the surface of the image holding part that has passed through the final transfer region;
• a first supporting part that supports the belt-shaped image holding part and that is disposed to face the transfer part;
• a second supporting part that is disposed immediately downstream of the first supporting part in the rotation direction of the image holding part and that supports the belt-shaped image holding part, the second supporting part being disposed above the first supporting part in the direction of gravity;
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• a third supporting part downstream of the second supporting part, the third supporting part being disposed below the second supporting part in the direction of gravity, wherein:
• the third supporting part receives a driving force that rotates the belt-shaped image holding part,
• a downstream side of the paper feeding part in a transport direction of a medium is inclined to be closer than an upstream side of the paper feeding part to the final transfer region in a direction of gravity, and
• the image holding part is inclined upward on a downstream side of the final transfer region toward the downstream side in a rotation direction of the image holding part.