JP2008219939A - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the ease of taking out a sheet of paper without pulling a printer to the front side and without holding an image scanner high, or disposing the same rearward. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus includes a printer U2 on the upper surface of which a discharge tray TRh is formed; an image scanner U3 composed of an operation panel PA arranged on the upper part of the front face and protruding forward and a lower protruding part 16 provided at a lower surface longitudinal direction center part and at a lower surface rear part and protruding more below than a lower surface front part 17; and a rack U1 including the printer U2 coupled at a lower portion thereof, and having a top plate U1a for supporting the image scanner U3 above the discharge tray TRh located on the upper surface of the printer U2. In the top plate U1a, a front side lower surface front part support part 2 for supporting the lower surface front part 17 is formed higher than a lower protruding part support part 1 for supporting the lower protruding part 16 located rear side thereof. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine or a FAX (facsimile apparatus), and in particular, a printer that forms an image corresponding to input image data on a recording sheet and discharges it to a discharge tray provided on the upper surface, and the discharge The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus including an image scanner supported on a top plate provided above a tray.

Conventionally, the following technologies (J01) and (J02) are known as the above-mentioned type of image forming apparatus.
(J01) Technology described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-219298 In this publication, there is a printer having a discharge tray on the upper surface and discharging a recording sheet on which an image is recorded to the discharge tray, and a top plate disposed above the discharge tray. An image forming apparatus having an image scanner supported thereon is shown.
This publication also discloses a technique for pulling the printer forward (toward the operator) or supporting the image scanner highly in order to ensure the ease of taking out the discharged recording sheet and the visibility of the recording sheet. Has been.

(J02) Technology described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-339106 In this publication, a printer having a discharge tray on the upper surface and discharging an image-recorded recording sheet to the discharge tray and an image scanner above the discharge tray are arranged. An image forming apparatus is shown.
This publication also discloses that the center position of the image scanner is shifted rearward with respect to the paper discharge position of the printer, the operation unit is arranged not to protrude forward, and the visibility of the recording sheet discharged to the discharge tray is visible. The structure which improved the ease of taking out is described.

JP-A-7-219298 JP-A-8-339106

(Problem of the technology of (J01) above)
The technique (J01) has the following problems.
(1) If the printer is pulled out forward (toward the operator), the required area for installing the image forming apparatus increases.
(2) When the image scanner is highly supported, the operability of setting a document on the image scanner is impaired.

(Problems of the technology of (J02))
The technique (J02) has the following problems.
(1) Since the image scanner protrudes rearward as compared with the printer, the rear surface of the printer cannot be disposed adjacent to the wall, so that a useless space is formed between the rear surface of the printer and the wall. Further, the support structure of the image scanner for the printer is complicated.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide the following description (O01) in an image forming apparatus including a printer having a paper discharge tray on the upper surface and an image scanner disposed above the printer.
(O01) To improve the ease of taking out the paper without pulling the printer forward, supporting the image scanner highly, or arranging it behind.

  Next, the present invention that has solved the above problems will be described. In the description of the present invention, the reference numerals in parentheses added after the constituent elements of the present invention are constituent elements of the embodiments described later corresponding to the constituent elements of the present invention. It is a sign. The reason why the present invention is described in correspondence with the reference numerals of the constituent elements of the embodiments described later is to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, and not to limit the scope of the present invention to the embodiments.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the image forming apparatus according to claim 1 includes the following requirements (B01) to (B06):
(B01) An image recording apparatus (U2) having a discharge tray (TRh) on the upper surface, recording an image corresponding to the input image data on a recording sheet (S), and discharging it to the discharge tray (TRh);
(B02) The lower surface front portion is positioned lower than the lower surface rear portion so that the recording sheet extraction space is formed above the discharge tray (TRh) and the front portion of the recording sheet extraction space is formed wider. An inclined surface that is disposed at a high position and is inclined upward as it goes forward formed between the lower surface front portion and the lower surface rear portion or a front side formed between the lower surface front portion and the lower surface rear portion. An image reading device (U3) having a stepped portion which is higher than the rear side,
(B03) The image reading device (U3) that reads a document image, converts it into image data, and outputs the image data to the image recording device (U2);
(B04) A toner image forming device (PR + CR + LD + ROS + G + T1 + B) that forms a toner image according to input image data, a transfer device (T2) that transfers the toner image to a recording sheet (S), and the recording sheet (S) A fixing device (F) for fixing the toner image on the upper side and the discharge tray (TRh) from which the recording sheet (S) on which the toner image is fixed are discharged. The discharge tray (TRh) is formed on the upper surface. An image recording device (U2) constituted by a printer (U2),
(B05) A document image reading member having a platen glass (PG) on the upper surface and a scanning optical system (A) that reads a document (Gi) placed downward on the platen glass (PG) while moving. A + 13 + CCD)
A reading drive device (DS) having a motor for driving the scanning optical system (A) and a driving power supply circuit;
An image constituting an IPS (image processing system) for generating digital image data by processing the original image signal read by the original image reading member (A + 13 + CCD) and outputting the generated image data to the printer (U2). A processing circuit board;
An operation panel (PA) provided on the upper part of the front surface and protruding forward;
The image reading device (U3) constituted by an image scanner (U3) having
(B06) The image scanner (U3) connected to the lower portion of the printer (U2) and disposed above the discharge tray (TRh) on the upper surface of the printer (U2).

(Operation of the Invention of Claim 1)
In the image forming apparatus according to claim 1 having the above-described configuration, the document reading device (U3) reads a document image, converts it into image data, and outputs the image data to the image recording device (U2). .
The image recording device (U2) having the discharge tray (TRh) on the upper surface records an image corresponding to the input image data on the recording sheet (S) and discharges it to the discharge tray (TRh).
The image reading device (U3) is disposed so as to form a recording sheet take-out space above the discharge tray (TRh), and the lower surface front portion is disposed at a position higher than the lower surface rear portion. The front portion of the take-out space is widely formed. For this reason, the recording sheet (S) discharged to the discharge tray (TRh) can be easily taken out. The image reading device (U3) is formed between an inclined surface formed between the lower surface front portion and the lower surface rear portion, which is inclined upward as it goes forward, or between the lower surface front portion and the lower surface rear portion. Further, since the front portion is formed to be higher than the rear side, the recording sheet (S) discharged to the discharge tray (TRh) can be easily taken out.

A reading drive device (DS) including a motor of the image scanner (U3) and a driving power supply circuit drives the scanning optical system (A). The document image reading member (A + 13 + CCD) having the scanning optical system (A) reads the document (Gi) placed downward on the upper platen glass (PG) while moving.
An IPS (image processing system) constituted by the image processing circuit board of the image scanner (U3) creates digital image data by performing image processing on the original image signal read by the original image reading member (A + 13 + CCD). The processed image data is output to the printer (U2).
The toner image forming apparatus (PR + CR + LD + ROS + G + T1 + B) of the printer forms a toner image corresponding to the input image data. The transfer device (T2) transfers the toner image to the recording sheet (S). The fixing device (F) fixes the toner image on the recording sheet (S). The recording sheet (S) on which the toner image is fixed is discharged to a discharge tray (TRh) formed on the upper surface of the printer (P).

The image scanner (U3) has an operation panel (PA) provided at the top of the front surface so as to protrude forward.
Since the height of the lower front portion (17) of the image scanner (U3) is higher, the upper space of the discharge tray (TRh) on the upper surface of the printer (U2) is higher on the front side and lower on the center and rear. It has become. For this reason, the visibility of the discharge tray (TRh) is good, and the workability of taking out the recording sheet (S) is improved.

Since the rear part of the lower surface of the image scanner (U3) is low, the upper space in the front and rear direction of the discharge tray (TRh) on the upper surface of the printer (U2) is lower than the front part. The central part and the rear part do not adversely affect the visibility and workability even if the upper space is low. Since the lower rear portion of the image scanner (U3) is lowered, the height of the image scanner (U3) does not increase.
For this reason, since the height of the operation panel (PA) provided in the image scanner (U3) does not increase, the operability of the operation panel (PA) does not deteriorate.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the invention according to claim 1 has the following requirement (B08):
(B08) The lower rear portion that houses the image processing circuit board inside.

  In the image forming apparatus according to the second aspect having the above-described configuration, the image processing circuit board constituting the IPS is accommodated inside the rear portion of the lower surface of the image scanner (U3). For this reason, the space inside the image scanner (U3) can be used effectively.

The above-described image forming apparatus of the present invention has the following effects.
(E01) In an image forming apparatus including a printer having a paper discharge tray on the upper surface and an image scanner disposed above the printer, the printer is pulled out forward, the image scanner is supported high, or disposed rearward. Therefore, the ease of taking out the paper can be improved.

(Example)
Next, specific examples (examples) of the embodiments of the image forming apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
In order to facilitate understanding of the following description, in the drawings, the front-rear direction is the X-axis direction, the left-right direction is the Y-axis direction, the up-down direction is the Z-axis direction, and arrows X, -X, Y, -Y, The direction indicated by Z and -Z or the indicated side is defined as front, rear, right, left, upper, lower, or front, rear, right, left, upper, and lower, respectively.
In the figure, “•” in “○” means an arrow heading from the back of the page to the front, and “×” in “○” is the front of the page. It means an arrow pointing from the back to the back.

(Example 1)
1 is a perspective view of an image forming apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a view seen from the arrow III-III in FIG.
1 to 3, an image forming apparatus U includes a rack U1 having a top plate U1a, a printer (image recording device) U2 connected to the lower portion of the rack, and an image scanner (image reading) supported on the top surface of the top plate U1a. Apparatus) U3 and an automatic document feeder U4 disposed on the upper surface of the image scanner U3.

(Rack U1)
The rack U1 has a U-shaped lower end frame at the lower end, and the U-shaped lower end frame is connected to the lower end of the printer U2.
The top plate U1a of the rack U1 has a lower protrusion supporting portion 1 that supports a lower central portion and a rear lower protruding portion (described later) of the image scanner U3 and a lower front portion that supports a lower front portion (described later) of the image scanner U3. It has a part support part 2 and an inclined part 3. The lower surface front portion support portion 2 is formed at a position higher than the downward projecting portion support portion 1.
The image scanner U3 supported on the top plate U1a of the rack U1 has a platen glass PG on the upper surface, and an automatic document feeder U4 is supported on the platen glass PG.

(Automatic document feeder U4)
The automatic document feeder U4 has a document feed tray TGk on which a plurality of documents Gi to be copied are stacked. Each of the plurality of documents Gi placed on the document feed tray TGk sequentially passes the document reading position on the platen glass PG and is discharged to the document discharge tray TGh. The automatic document feeder U4 can be rotated with respect to the image scanner U3 by a hinge shaft (not shown) provided in the rear end portion (-X end portion) extending in the left-right direction, and the document Gi is transferred to the operator. Is rotated upward when placed on the platen glass PG by hand.

(Image Scanner U3)
An operation panel (that is, a user interface) PA through which a user inputs an operation command signal such as a copy start is provided on the upper front portion of the image scanner U3 so as to protrude forward. The operation panel PA protruding forward is inclined downward as it goes forward, so that the operation can be performed easily.
The operation panel PA is a part where the user inputs and inputs an operation command signal such as a copy start, and includes a display unit, a copy start key, a copy number input key, a numeric keypad, and the like. The display unit displays information about the current setting state of the image forming apparatus U.

The scanning optical system A disposed below the transparent platen glass PG on the upper surface of the image scanner U3 has a movable lamp unit 6. The lamp unit 6 includes a document illumination lamp 7 and a first mirror 8. And have. Further, the scanning optical system A has a moving mirror unit 9 that moves at a speed half that of the lamp unit 6. The moving mirror unit 9 has a second mirror 11 and a third mirror 12.
The scanning optical system A is controlled to move and stop by the detection signal of the exposure system registration sensor Sp, and always stops at the home position.

In the ADF mode in which copying is performed using the automatic document feeder (auto document feeder ADF) U4, the scanning optical system A is stopped at the home position, and sequentially passes the document reading position on the platen glass PG. Each document Gi to be exposed is exposed.
In the platen mode in which the document Gi is manually placed on the platen glass PG and copied, the scanning optical system A exposes and scans the document on the platen glass PG while moving. That is, the lamp unit 6 moves in the left-right direction in FIG. 1 parallel to the document Gi, and the moving mirror unit 9 moves by a distance of ½ at a speed that is ½ of the moving speed of the lamp unit 6. To do. At this time, since the distance between the document Gi and the lens 13 is kept constant, the reflected light from the document Gi exposed by the lamp 2 passes through the scanning optical system A during that time, and the CCD (solid state). Converged on the image sensor. The CCD converts the original reflected light converged on the imaging surface into electrical signals of R (red), G (green), and B (blue).
An original image reading member (A + 13 + CCD) is constituted by the scanning optical system A, the lens 13 and the CCD.

The IPS (image processing system) converts the RGB electrical signals into K (black), Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan) image data, and performs image processing such as density correction and magnification correction. The image data is stored temporarily and the image data is output to the laser drive circuit LD as image data for forming a latent image at a predetermined timing. The IPS is composed of an image processing circuit board.
In FIG. 3, the lower surface of the image scanner U <b> 3 includes a lower protrusion 16 at the center and rear in the front-rear direction, and a lower surface front portion 17 formed at a position higher than the lower protrusion 16. The downward projecting portion 16 is supported by the downward projecting portion support portion 1 of the top plate U1a, and the lower surface front portion 17 is supported by the lower surface front portion support portion 2.
The downward projecting portion 16 accommodates an IPS constituted by the image processing circuit board. A scanning optical system A is housed in the center of the image scanner U3 in the front-rear direction, and a reading drive device DS such as a motor for driving the scanning optical system A and a driving power supply circuit is disposed at the rear of the image scanner U3. Is housed.

(Printer U2)
The laser drive circuit LD outputs a laser drive signal to ROS (raster output scan, latent image writing device) according to the image data input from the IPS.
The image carrier PR constituted by the photosensitive drum rotates in the direction of the arrow Ya. After the surface is uniformly charged by the charging roll CR, the ROS (latent image writing) is performed at the latent image writing position Q1. An electrostatic latent image is formed by exposure scanning with the laser beam L of the apparatus. When forming a full-color image, electrostatic latent images corresponding to four color images of K (black), Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan) are sequentially formed. Only the electrostatic latent image corresponding to the (black) image is formed.
The surface of the image carrier PR on which the electrostatic latent image is formed rotates and moves sequentially through the development area Q2 and the primary transfer area Q3.

A rotary developing device G that develops the electrostatic latent image in the developing area Q2 has four colors K (black), Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan) that rotate with the rotation axis Ga. Developing units GK, GY, GM, GC are provided. One of the developing devices GK, GY, GM, and GC of each color rotates and moves to the developing region Q2, and the electrostatic latent image on the image carrier PR passing through the developing region Q2 is converted into toner. Develop to image.
The primary transfer region Q3 is a region where the intermediate transfer belt B that rotates and moves in the direction of the arrow Ya is pressed against the surface of the image carrier PR by a roll-shaped primary transfer device T1. A primary transfer voltage having a polarity opposite to the charging polarity of the developing toner used in the developing device G is supplied from the power supply circuit E to the primary transfer device T1. The power supply circuit E is controlled by a controller C.

  The toner image Tn developed on the surface of the image carrier PR is primarily transferred to the intermediate transfer belt B by the primary transfer unit T1 in the primary transfer region Q3. After the primary transfer, residual toner on the surface of the image carrier PR is cleaned by a cleaner CLp.

The intermediate transfer belt B that rotates in the direction of the arrow Ya is rotatably supported by a drive roll Rd, a tension roll Rt, a walking roll Rw, an idler roll (free roll) Rf, and a backup roll T2a. At a position facing the backup roll T2a, the secondary transfer roll T2b is disposed so as to be separated and press-contactable (separable) with the intermediate transfer belt B interposed therebetween. The secondary transfer roll T2b is press-contacted to the intermediate transfer belt B. The secondary transfer area Q4 is formed by the area (nip) to be performed. The secondary transfer roll T2b is cleaned by a roll cleaner CLr.
Further, a contact roll T2c made of conductive metal is in contact with the backup roll T2a. A secondary transfer voltage having the same polarity as the charging polarity of the toner is supplied from the power supply circuit E to the contact roll T2c. The rolls T2a to T2c constitute a secondary transfer device T2.

When forming a full color image, an electrostatic latent image of the first color is formed at the latent image writing position Q1, and a toner image Tn of the first color is formed in the development region Q2. The toner image Tn is electrostatically primary-transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt B by the primary transfer device T1 when passing through the primary transfer region Q3. Thereafter, in the same manner, the toner images Tn of the second color, the third color, and the fourth color are sequentially superposed on the intermediate transfer belt B carrying the toner image Tn of the first color, and finally transferred to the full color. Are formed on the intermediate transfer belt B.
In the case of forming a monochromatic monochromatic image, only one developing device is used, and the monochromatic toner image is primarily transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt B.
The image carrier PR, the charging roll CR, the laser driving circuit LD, the latent image writing device (ROS, developing devices GK, GY, GM, GC, the primary transfer device T1, the intermediate transfer belt B, etc.) PR + CR + LD + ROS + G + T1 + B).

The recording sheet S taken out at a predetermined timing from the paper feed trays TR1 to TR3 is moved to the secondary transfer area Q4 in time with the primary transferred multiple toner image or single color toner image moving to the secondary transfer area Q4. It is conveyed to the transfer area Q4.
That is, the sheets S of the respective trays TR1 to TR4 are taken out by the pick-up roll Rp at a predetermined timing, separated one by one by the separating roll Rs, and passed through the sheet conveying path SH1 having a plurality of conveying rolls Ra. It is conveyed to Rr.
The sheet S transported to the registration roll Rr is transported to the secondary transfer area Q4 at the same timing as the multiple toner image or single color toner image that has been primarily transferred moves to the secondary transfer area Q4.

In the secondary transfer region Q4, the secondary transfer unit T2 electrostatically and collectively transfers the toner image on the intermediate transfer belt B onto the recording sheet S. The residual toner is removed from the intermediate transfer belt B after the secondary transfer by the belt cleaner CLb.
The recording sheet S on which the toner image is secondarily transferred is heated and fixed by the fixing device F having the heating roll Fh and the pressure roll Fp when passing through the fixing area Q5, and then discharged to the recording sheet discharge tray TR4. The

The switching gate GT1 disposed on the downstream side of the fixing device F switches the transport direction of the paper S that has passed through the fixing device F to either the paper reversing path SH2 in which the discharge tray TRh or the transport roll RA is disposed. .
In the case of duplex copying, the sheet S on which the toner image on the first side is transferred is reversed by the sheet reversing path SH2, retransmitted to the secondary transfer area Q4 through the sheet circulation path SH3, and the toner image is transferred to the second side. Is done.

(Operation of Example 1)
In Embodiment 1 of the image forming apparatus of the present invention having the above-described configuration, the reading drive device DS including the motor of the image scanner U3 and the driving power supply circuit drives the scanning optical system A. The document image reading member (A + 13 + CCD) having the scanning optical system A reads the document Gi placed on the platen glass PG on the upper surface while moving.
The automatic document feeder U4 arranged on the platen glass PG passes the document Gi stored in the document feed tray TGk through the predetermined document reading position on the platen glass PG and transports it to the document discharge tray TGh. To do. The image scanner U3 having the scanning optical system A reads the document Gi passing through the document reading position in a state stopped at a predetermined stop reading position.

An IPS (image processing system) constituted by the image processing circuit board of the image scanner U3 creates digital image data by performing image processing on the original image signal read by the original image reading member (A + 13 + CCD), and the generated image. Data is output to the printer U2.
The toner image forming apparatus (PR + CR + LD + ROS + G + T1 + B) of the printer forms a toner image corresponding to the input image data on the intermediate transfer belt B.
The transfer device T2 transfers the toner image onto the recording sheet S. The fixing device F fixes the toner image on the recording sheet S. The recording sheet S on which the toner image is fixed is discharged to a discharge tray TRh formed on the upper surface of the printer P.

The top plate U1a supported above the discharge tray TRh on the upper surface of the printer U2 supports a lower protruding portion support portion 1 that supports the lower protruding portion 16 of the image scanner U3 and a lower surface front portion of the image scanner U3. The lower surface front portion support portion 2 is disposed at a position higher than the lower projecting portion support portion 1. The rear end position of the inclined portion 3 of the top plate U1a is disposed behind the front end position of the recording sheet S having the maximum width discharged to the discharge tray TRh.
Therefore, since the height of the lower surface front support portion 2 of the top plate U1a is higher, the upper space of the discharge tray TRh on the upper surface of the printer U2 is higher on the front side and lower on the center portion and the rear portion. For this reason, the visibility of the discharge tray TRh is good, and the workability of taking out the recording sheet S is improved. In particular, the workability of taking out the recording sheet S having the maximum width is very good.

In addition, since the downward projecting portion support portion 1 of the top plate U1a is lower than the lower surface front portion support portion 2, the center space in the front-rear direction of the discharge tray TRh on the upper surface of the printer U2 and the upper space in the rear portion are at the front portion. Low compared. However, even if the central part and the rear part have a low upper space, the visibility and workability are not adversely affected. And since the downward protrusion part support part 1 of the said top plate U1a is made low and the downward protrusion part 16 of the said image scanner U3 is supported by the lowered downward protrusion part support part 1, the height of the image scanner U3 is supported. Does not increase.
For this reason, since the height of the operation panel PA provided in the image scanner U3 does not increase, the operability of the operation panel PA does not deteriorate.

(Example of change)
As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various change is performed within the range of the summary of this invention described in the claim. It is possible. Modified embodiments of the present invention are illustrated below.
(H01) The top plate U1a is composed of the downward projecting portion support portion 1, the lower surface front portion support portion 2, and the inclined portion 3, but omits the inclined portion, and the lower protrusion portion support portion 1 and the lower surface front portion. It is possible to provide a step at the boundary portion by the support portion 2.

1 is a perspective view of an image forming apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a view seen from the arrow III-III in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  A: Scanning optical system, DS: Reading drive device, F: Fixing device, Gi: Document, IPS: Image processing system, PA: Operation panel, PG: Platen glass, T2: Transfer device, TGh: Document discharge tray, TGk ... Document feeding tray, TRh ... discharge tray, U1 ... rack, U1a ... top plate, U2 ... printer, U3 ... image scanner, U4 ... automatic document feeder, 1 ... downward projecting portion support, 2 ... lower surface front support , 16 ... downward projecting part, 17 ... lower surface front part, (A + 13 + CCD) ... original image reading member, (PR + CR + LD + ROS + G + T1 + B) ... toner image forming apparatus.

Claims (2)

An image forming apparatus comprising the following requirements (B01) to (B06):
(B01) An image recording apparatus that has a discharge tray on the top surface, records an image according to input image data on a recording sheet, and discharges the image onto the discharge tray;
(B02) The lower surface front portion is positioned higher than the lower surface rear portion so that the recording sheet extraction space is formed above the discharge tray and the front portion of the recording sheet extraction space is formed wide. An inclined surface that is disposed and is inclined upward as it goes forward formed between the lower surface front portion and the lower surface rear portion, or a front rear side formed between the lower surface front portion and the lower surface rear portion. An image reading apparatus in which a stepped portion is formed,
(B03) The image reading device that reads a document image, converts it into image data, and outputs the image data to the image recording device;
(B04) a toner image forming device that forms a toner image according to input image data, a transfer device that transfers the toner image to a recording sheet, a fixing device that fixes the toner image on the recording sheet, and a toner An image recording apparatus including a discharge tray on which a recording sheet on which an image is fixed is discharged, the printer including the discharge tray formed on an upper surface,
(B05) a document image reading member having a platen glass on the upper surface and having a scanning optical system for reading while moving a document placed downward on the platen glass;
A reading drive device having a motor for driving the scanning optical system and a driving power supply circuit;
An image processing circuit board constituting an IPS (image processing system) for generating digital image data by performing image processing on an original image signal read by the original image reading member, and outputting the generated image data to the printer;
An operation panel provided on the upper part of the front surface and protruding forward;
The image reading apparatus configured by an image scanner having
(B06) The image scanner, in which the printer is arranged at the bottom and above the discharge tray on the top surface of the printer. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, comprising the following requirement (B08):
(B08) The lower rear portion that houses the image processing circuit board inside.

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