Sheet supplying device and image forming apparatus incorporating same

A sheet supplying device, comprising:

• a recording media container to accommodate a stack of recording media therein;
• a sheet feeding unit to feed a recording medium from the stack of recording media;
• a frame to support the recording media container and the sheet feeding unit;
• and
• a holder to hold the recording media container by surrounding the outer circumference of the recording media container,
• the recording media container being detachably attachable to the frame in:
• a first operation in which the recording media container is inserted into or removed from the frame in a direction parallel to a sheet conveyance direction in which the recording medium is fed and conveyed upstream or downstream by the sheet feeding unit, and the recording media container is separated from the frame and the holder remaining in the frame;
• and
• a second operation in which the recording media container is inserted into or removed from the frame in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, and the recording media container is separated together with the holder from the frame.