Image forming apparatus including a light emitter for indicating a status of the image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a housing having a width in a width direction along a front side of the image forming apparatus, the housing also having a depth in a depth direction that is orthogonal to the width direction, the housing having an image reading section form on top, the image reading section configured to read a document mounted on a document placing table;
• an image forming section configured to form an image read by the image reading section or form another image on a sheet;
• a discharge tray configured to receive a sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming section and that is discharged through an internal discharge space that is between the image reading section and the image forming section, the discharge tray defining a surface of the internal discharge space that is between the image reading section and the image forming section, the internal discharge space having an opening in the front of the image forming apparatus;
• and
• a light emitting section configured to emit light outwardly from the image forming apparatus, the light emitting section positioned at least in part at a front of the housing and extending over at least half of the width of the image forming apparatus,
• wherein the light emitting section is located at a top edge portion of the image reading section,
• wherein the top edge of the image reading section has a substantially L-shape extending in an entire depth direction and an entire width direction of the image forming apparatus.