Image forming apparatus having a retractable cartridge

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a body frame;
• a cartridge movable to an attached position and a retracted position retracted from the attached position with respect to the body frame;
• a moving device configured to move the cartridge from the attached position to the retracted position and move the cartridge from the retracted position to the attached position;
• a driving device configured to drive the moving device and to perform a first operation of driving the moving device to move the cartridge from the attached position toward the retracted position and a second operation of driving the moving device to move the cartridge from the retracted position toward the attached position;
• a controller configured to control the driving device and to cause the driving device to perform the first operation in a case where the cartridge has not reached the attached position even after elapse of a predetermined time since the driving device is caused to start the second operation in a state in which the cartridge is positioned at the retracted position;
• and
• a detection portion configured to output a signal and configured such that the signal differs between a state in which the cartridge is at the attached position and a state in which the cartridge is at the retracted position,
• wherein the controller is configured to cause the driving device to perform the first operation in a case where the signal of the detection portion has not changed before the elapse of the predetermined time since the driving device is caused to start the second operation in the state in which the cartridge is positioned at the retracted position.