Medium conveying device and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image record section that records an image on a medium;
• and
• a medium conveying device that includes:
• a first guide member that guides one face of the medium to be conveyed and opposed to the one face when the medium is conveyed;
• a second guide member that guides the other face of the medium and is opposed to the other face when the medium is conveyed, the second guide member being movable between a close position and an open position;
• a conveying member that is provided in a conveying passage formed by the first guide member and the second guide member being at the close position in order to convey the medium in the conveying passage;
• and
• a support member that keeps the second guide member at the open position and is provided at an edge of the second guide member that extends in a direction transverse to the direction in which the medium is conveyed such that the medium crosses the edge when conveyed by the conveying member,
• wherein when the second guide member is at the open position, the medium in the conveying passage is removable from the conveying passage.