Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising an original read-out station which is provided on an image forming apparatus body and on which an original is placed and read out in a predetermined read-out position, an area designating means for designating an area of the original, and an original feeder means for feeding an original to the read-out position, wherein the improvement comprises that

• the original feeder means and the area designating means are mounted on the image forming apparatus body for rotation about respective axes between their respective operative positions where they are opposed to the original read-out station and their respective retracted positions where they are away from the original read-out station to open the original read-out station, and
• the original feeder means is provided with an area designating means receiving portion on the side which is opposed to the original read-out station when the original feeder means is in the operative position so that the area designating means is received in the area designating means receiving portion of the original feeder means when the original feeder means and the area designating means are both in their operative positions.