Image forming apparatus and image forming method

Abstract

An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a paper feed cassette that holds a record medium vertically, and paper feed rollers that feed the record medium in the paper feed cassette to image forming direction while holding the record medium vertically, and a developed image forming portion that forms a developed image onto the record medium while the record medium is fed from the paper feed cassette and held and transferred vertically, and a sorter that sorts the record media discharged from the developed image forming portion for respective users and collects the record media vertically into plural sorter bins, and a flat panel that incorporates at least the paper feed cassette, the developed image forming portion, and the sorter into a vertical flat plane as a body. And further, the panel is arranged vertically in space, and at necessity functions as a partition to separate the space.

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