MEDIA SUPPLYlNG APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

A medium supplying apparatus with a detachable rolled medium configured to be fed to a far side of a setting-and-removing direction of the rolled medium, the medium supplying apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of guide members configured to guide the rolled medium when the rolled medium is set, wherein
• the guide members include at least one contact member configured to at least partially contact only an outer periphery of the rolled medium and at least one auxiliary member configured not to contact the outer periphery of the rolled medium, wherein
• the contact member and the auxiliary member are connected at a base via a same rotary shaft, the auxiliary member is shorter than the contact member in a medium feeding direction, and the auxiliary member is disposed non-parallel with the contact member.

A medium supplying apparatus with a detachable rolled medium configured to be fed to a far side of a setting-and-removing direction of the rolled medium, the medium supplying apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of guide members configured to guide the rolled medium when the rolled medium is set, wherein
• the guide members include at least one contact member configured to at least partially contact only an outer periphery of the rolled medium and at least one auxiliary member configured not to contact the outer periphery of the rolled medium, wherein
• the contact member and the auxiliary member are connected at a base via a same rotary shaft, the auxiliary member includes an extension-and-contraction mechanism capable of extending and contracting.