Compact front-operable image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsGoro KATSUYAMA, Masaaki Kabumoto, Kanae Amemiya, Osamu Miki, Hideo Aoki, Akiyoshi Tanaka
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a substantially flat top face and a slanted front face, the bottom side of which recedes backward. The image forming apparatus may includes a paper discharge tray disposed at a lower portion of the slanted front face, the paper discharge tray protruding forward. The paper discharge tray may be tiltable upward and downward. Because the bottom side of the slanted front face recedes backward, the flat top face can be provided, and simultaneously, enough space for the feeding and discharging of paper can be secured.
Claims8
1-27. (canceled)
An age forming apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of recording liquid cartridges configured to contain recording liquids of colors different from each other;
- a cartridge holder fixedly formed at a front surface of the image forming apparatus and configured to hold the plurality of recording liquid cartridges in the apparatus;
- a cartridge cover provided in a front of the cartridge holder and configured to enclose the plurality of recording liquid cartridges held by the cartridge holder inside the apparatus and to be opened to allow an operator access to attach and detach each of the plurality of recording liquid cartridges to and from the front of the image forming apparatus in a substantially horizontal direction;
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- a plurality of indicators configured to indicate information relating to each of the corresponding plurality of recording liquid cartridges, and disposed on a top surface of the cartridge holder and disposed at positions corresponding to and above respective positions of the plurality of recording liquid cartridges placed in the cartridge holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.