Small-size color elecrtro-photographic apparatus

An electro-photographic apparatus, comprising:

• a photosensitive body;
• at least one developing unit for forming a toner image on a surface of the photosensitive body by attaching toner on a surface of the photosensitive body;
• a transfer unit disposed adjacent to the photosensitive body for transferring the toner image formed on the surface of the photosensitive body onto a print medium;
• a fixing unit;
• a paper cassette disposed below the photosensitive body, for accommodating the print medium;
• and
• at least a first transporting path along which the print medium is transported in a substantially vertical direction from the paper cassette to the fixing unit via the transfer unit;
• wherein the transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer body for having the toner image transferred from the photosensitive body thereon and for transferring the toner image onto the print medium;
• wherein a plurality of developing units are provided, each developing unit contains toner of a different color;
• and
• wherein the photosensitive body is a photosensitive belt disposed for movement along a path in which a major portion of the path extends in a substantially vertical direction, the plurality of developing units being arranged in a vertical stack along one side of the photosensitive body, and the paper cassette is located under the plurality of developing units.