IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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1. An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image on a recording medium, said apparatus comprising:
- a main body frame; and
a supporting member that is movable between an inner position in which the supporting member is located at an inner side of said main body frame and an outer position in which the supporting member is located at an outer side of said main body frame, and that has a mounting portion on which a first cartridge and a second cartridge are detachably mounted;
wherein said first cartridge is mounted on the most downstream side of said mounting portion in a drawing direction in which said supporting member is drawn out from said inner position to said outer position, and said second cartridge is mounted on an upstream side of said first cartridge in said drawing direction, and in a state where said first cartridge and said second cartridge are mounted on said mounting portion, said first cartridge has a protruded portion that protrudes in an orthogonal direction with respect to said drawing direction more than said second cartridge does.
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus in which a tray, on which a plurality of cartridges of different sizes can be mounted, is able to be drawn out, a waste of space occurs. A cartridge (50k), being the largest in size among a plurality of process cartridges (50y, 50m, 50c, 50k), is detachably arranged at a location at which it is first exposed to outside when a cartridge tray (13) is drawn out. A developer storage portion having the largest capacity stores a developer of a black color.
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1. An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image on a recording medium, said apparatus comprising:
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a main body frame; and a supporting member that is movable between an inner position in which the supporting member is located at an inner side of said main body frame and an outer position in which the supporting member is located at an outer side of said main body frame, and that has a mounting portion on which a first cartridge and a second cartridge are detachably mounted; wherein said first cartridge is mounted on the most downstream side of said mounting portion in a drawing direction in which said supporting member is drawn out from said inner position to said outer position, and said second cartridge is mounted on an upstream side of said first cartridge in said drawing direction, and in a state where said first cartridge and said second cartridge are mounted on said mounting portion, said first cartridge has a protruded portion that protrudes in an orthogonal direction with respect to said drawing direction more than said second cartridge does. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An image forming apparatus capable of forming an image on a recording medium, said apparatus comprising:
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a main body frame; and a supporting member that is movable between a inner position in which the supporting member is located at an inner side of said main body frame and an outer position in which the supporting member is located at an outer side of said main body frame, and that has a mounting portion on which a first cartridge and a second cartridge are detachably mounted; wherein said first cartridge is mounted on the most downstream side of said mounting portion in a drawing direction in which said supporting member is drawn out from said inner position to said outer position, and said second cartridge is mounted on an upstream side of said first cartridge in said drawing direction, and said first cartridge is larger than said second cartridge.
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