Image forming apparatus with contactless card reader

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a scanner unit configured to optically read an image of an original document to generate image data;
• an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet based on the image data;
• a body housing that accommodates the image forming unit;
• a scanner housing that is disposed above the body housing and that accommodates the scanner unit, the scanner housing having a confronting surface that a user confronts;
• a contactless card reader having a flat information reading surface and configured to read information recorded on an information card;
• an internal discharge section that is disposed between the body housing and the scanner housing and into which the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming unit is discharged;
• a pillar disposed between the body housing and the scanner housing;
• an operation section protruding from the confronting surface of the scanner housing and configured to receive user input of operation information;
• and
• a table protruding from the confronting surface of the scanner housing, wherein
• the card reader is mounted inside the scanner housing such that the information reading surface takes an upstanding posture, and is disposed behind the confronting surface of the scanner housing,
• the confronting surface of the scanner housing includes a surface that covers the information reading surface and over which a card is held,
• the pillar is disposed at a side of the internal discharge section and has a sheet exit port through which the sheet is discharged into the internal discharge section,
• the surface over which a card is held is located above the internal discharge section and between the operation section and the table,
• the scanner housing has a side surface perpendicular to the confronting surface,
• the table is movable in a horizontal direction and is changeable in position between a first position and a second position,
• the first position is a position of the table in which one end portion of the table protrudes outward from the side surface of the scanner housing, and
• the second position is a position of the table in which the one end portion of the table does not protrude outward from the side surface of the scanner housing while another end portion of the table faces the surface over which a card is held.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a scanner unit configured to optically read an image of an original document to generate image data;
• an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet based on the image data;
• a body housing that accommodates the image forming unit;
• a scanner housing that is disposed above the body housing and that accommodates the scanner unit, the scanner housing having a confronting surface that a user confronts;
• a contactless card reader having a flat information reading surface and configured to read information recorded on an information card;
• and
• an operation section protruding from the confronting surface of the scanner housing and configured to receive user input of operation information, wherein
• the card reader is mounted inside the scanner housing such that the information reading surface takes an upstanding posture, and is disposed behind the confronting surface of the scanner housing,
• the confronting surface of the scanner housing includes a surface that covers the information reading surface and over which a card is held,
• the confronting surface of the scanner housing has an indentation indented rearward at a side of the surface over which a card is held, and
• the indentation is present between the surface over which a card is held and the operation section.