Image forming device

An image forming device comprising:

• an image forming part which forms an image on a recording medium;
• a recording path transferring the recording medium across the image forming part in a first direction and branching into a first recording medium ejection path, a second recording medium ejection path, and a recording medium path;
• a first stacker collecting the recording medium in a first stacked formation, the first recording medium ejection path transferring the recording medium from the recording path for ejection to the first stacker substantially in the first direction;
• a second stacker collecting the recording medium in a second stacked formation, the second recording medium ejection path transferring the recording medium from the recording path for ejection to the second stacker in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction;
• a recording medium switchback portion receiving the recording medium from the recording medium path and switching back the recording medium towards the recording path in the second direction, the first recording medium ejection path being adjacent and substantially parallel with a substantially straight path formed by the recording medium path and the recording medium switchback portion;
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• an inverted recording medium transfer path receiving the recording medium from the recording medium switchback portion and transferring the recording medium back to the recording path.