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(11) EP 1 520 720 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
29.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/26

(43) Date of publication:
06.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/14

(21) Application number: 04022285.3

(22) Date of filing: 20.09.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41J 29/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 19.09.2003 JP 2003328769
08.09.2004 JP 2004261326

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kudoh, Taku
    Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Nonaka, Manabu
    Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Kawashima, Yasuhiro
    Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Stuntzstrasse 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Image forming apparatus


(57) An image forming apparatus (1) includes a printing part (100) configured to form an image on a recording medium, and a guide device configured to guide the printing part to be drawn in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium conveying direction in which the recording medium is conveyed. Thus, because the printing part can be drawn out from the main body of the apparatus, maintenance work to the printing part can be easily performed in a state that the printing part has been drawn out from the main boy of the apparatus.