Image forming apparatus with moveable image processing units

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a processing unit which performs an image recording process for recording an image on a recording medium based on image data;
• a movement mechanism which moves the processing unit;
• a first control section which controls the image recording process performed by the processing unit;
• and
• a second control section which acquires a state of progress of the image recording process and controls the movement mechanism so as to move the processing unit to a position according to the progress state, wherein
• the processing unit comprises a first processing unit which performs a reading process for reading image data from a document original;
• and
• a second processing unit which performs an image recording process for recording an image on a recording medium based on the read image data,
• the movement mechanism comprising a lift mechanism which holds the second processing unit at a higher level than the first processing unit and moves up and down the first and second processing units, and
• the second control section acquiring a state of progress of the processes performed by the first and second processing units and controlling the lift mechanism so as to move the first and second processing units to height levels according to the progress state.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a processing unit which performs an image recording process for recording an image on a recording medium based on image data;
• a movement mechanism which moves the processing unit;
• a first control section which controls the image recording process performed by the processing unit;
• and
• a second control section which acquires a state of progress of the image recording process and controls the movement mechanism so as to move the processing unit to a position according to the progress state,
• wherein the processing unit comprises a first processing unit which performs the image recording process for recording the image on the recording medium based on the image data and a second processing unit which performs another image recording process.