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US 2003/0170063 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideo Yoshihara
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Abstract
A laser beam printer including a front face. The front face defines an opening for allowing attaching/detaching a paper feed cassette, an opening for allowing attaching/detaching a process unit, and an opening allowing manual paper feed. Accordingly, the laser beam printer has excellent operability since it allows the user to perform any operation from its side. At the same time, valuable space at the lateral and upper sides of the laser beam printer is available for effective use.
Claims33
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having a front face at a front side of the image forming apparatus and a rear portion opposite to the front face;
- a feed cassette that accommodates a recording medium;
- a process unit that forms an image on the recording medium supplied from the feed cassette;
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- a discharge unit, provided at an upper portion of the housing, that discharges the recording medium from the rear portion to the front side so that the recording medium is removable from the front side, one edge of the recording medium projecting from the front face toward the front side;
- wherein the front face defines a first opening that enables attachment and detachment of the feed cassette and a second opening that enables attachment and detachment of the process unit so that both the feed cassette and the process unit are attachable and detachable through the front face.
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