Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus which discharges a sheet having an image formed thereon from a rear side of the apparatus toward a front side of the apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a sheet placement portion on which sheets discharged are stacked;
• an operation panel arranged in a downstream-side end part of the sheet placement portion in a sheet discharge direction, the operation panel having at least part thereof arranged in a placement region of the sheet placement portion,
• where sheets are stacked;
• and
• a protruding portion arranged to a side of the operation panel in the placement region, the protruding portion extending in the sheet discharge direction while protruding upward beyond a top surface of the sheet placement portion, wherein
• the operation panel is arranged in a central part of the placement region in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet discharge direction, and
• the protruding portion comprises protruding portions arranged respectively on opposite sides of the operation panel in the sheet width direction.

An image forming apparatus which discharges a sheet having an image formed thereon from a rear side of the apparatus toward a front side of the apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• a sheet placement portion on which sheets discharged are stacked;
• an operation panel arranged in a downstream-side end part of the sheet placement portion in a sheet discharge direction, the operation panel having at least part thereof arranged in a placement region of the sheet placement portion, where sheets are stacked;
• and
• a protruding portion arranged to a side of the operation panel in the placement region, the protruding portion extending in the sheet discharge direction while protruding upward beyond a top surface of the sheet placement portion, wherein
• around the protruding portion, an indicator lamp is provided for giving a user a predetermined notification,
• the protruding portion comprises two protruding portions arranged at a predetermined interval from each other in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet discharge direction, and
• the indicator lamp is arranged to a side of one protruding portion of the two protruding portions opposite from another protruding portion of the two protruding portions, the indicator lamp comprising a plurality of indicator lamps arranged along the one protruding portion.