Image forming apparatus for driving pickup roller

Abstract

An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a paper-feeding device configured to accommodate paper, a print engine configured to form an image on paper supplied from the paper-feeding device, and a discharging device configured to discharge paper on which an image is formed by the print engine, wherein the paper-feeding device comprises a pick-up roller in a cylindrical shape configured to pick up paper loaded in a tray, a driving shaft configured to support the pick-up roller to idly rotate, and rotate in a predetermined direction, a solenoid configured to selectively rotate the driving shaft; and a power transmission member configured to selectively provide a driving force of the driving shaft to the pick-up roller, the power transmission member being coupled to or spaced apart from the pick-roller, wherein the power transmission member is engaged with the pick-up roller within a predetermined rotational range of the driving shaft.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.