Patent 7673984 was granted and assigned to RICOH COMPANY,LTD. on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that discharges droplets of recording liquid to form an image on a recording medium, a body including the image forming section, and a conveyor section that conveys the recording medium having thereon the image formed in the image forming section. An output unit is removably attached to the body and includes at least the conveyor section. The output unit may further include a face-down output path, a straight output path, a straight output tray, and the like.