Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main body including a printing unit for printing an image on a recording medium and a pickup roller for picking up the recording medium, a paper feeding device, which includes an elevatable knock-up plate on which recording media are stackable and a pressure member for elastically pressing the knock-up plate towards the pickup roller and is removably inserted into the main body, and a variable guide unit, which is supported by the main body, is fixed in a slope state to lower the knock-up plate in a direction against the pickup roller when the paper feeding device is withdrawn from the main body, and moves to maintain a contact state with the knock-up plate due to a rising state of the knock-up plate in a state in which the paper feeding device is inserted into the main body.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a structure to prevent print defects caused by residual paper. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a paper feeding cassette separably mounted to the main body, a pickup member to pick up paper from the paper feeding cassette, and a paper separating member including a plurality of links to apply pressure to the pickup member when the paper feeding cassette is mounted to the main body and to release the pressure applied to the pickup member when the paper feeding cassette is separated from the main body. The paper separating member includes a first link to be pressed by the paper feeding cassette, a second link provided with a separating unit to press the pickup member, and an elastic member between the first link and the second link to allow the first link to press the second link.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a structure to prevent print defects caused by residual paper. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a paper feeding cassette separably mounted to the main body, a pickup member to pick up paper from the paper feeding cassette, and a paper separating member including a plurality of links to apply pressure to the pickup member when the paper feeding cassette is mounted to the main body and to release the pressure applied to the pickup member when the paper feeding cassette is separated from the main body. The paper separating member includes a first link to be pressed by the paper feeding cassette, a second link provided with a separating unit to press the pickup member, and an elastic member between the first link and the second link to allow the first link to press the second link.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first conveyance path to guide a print medium from a pickup unit to a pair of conveyance rollers and a second conveyance path to guide the print medium from the conveyance rollers to a transfer device. The first conveyance path and the second conveyance path are curved in opposite directions so as to reduce vertical heights of the first and second conveyance paths and consequently, reduce a height of a main body of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A medium supply unit of an image forming apparatus, the medium supply unit may include: a main body housing; a tray connected to the main body housing and loading a printing-target medium therein; an activating shaft connected to the main body housing and being rotated in a predetermined direction by an activating force of an activating source; an intermediate member supported by one end of the activating shaft to deliver a rotating force of the activating shaft; a first elastic member having one end connected to the intermediate member and the other end supported by the activating shaft; and elastically biasing the intermediate member in a direction facing the printing-target medium according to a rotation of the activating shaft; and a roller unit having a roller unit housing that is attachable to the intermediate member and at least one roller that is supported by the roller unit housing and picks up and supplies printing-target media loaded in the tray; and configured to deliver to the roller(s) an elasti

Abstract: A medium supply unit of an image forming apparatus, the medium supply unit may include: a main body housing; a tray connected to the main body housing and loading a printing-target medium therein; an activating shaft connected to the main body housing and being rotated in a predetermined direction by an activating force of an activating source; an intermediate member supported by one end of the activating shaft to deliver a rotating force of the activating shaft; a first elastic member having one end connected to the intermediate member and the other end supported by the activating shaft; and elastically biasing the intermediate member in a direction facing the printing-target medium according to a rotation of the activating shaft; and a roller unit having a roller unit housing that is attachable to the intermediate member and at least one roller that is supported by the roller unit housing and picks up and supplies printing-target media loaded in the tray; and configured to deliver to the roller(s) an elasti

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a laser scanning unit having at least two laser diodes to form an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive body with laser beams emitted from the laser diodes; an engine driving unit having at least one driving motor to drive a plurality of built-in units; and a control unit arranged to control one of the laser scanning unit and the engine driving unit so as to adjust a process speed of the engine driving unit or a scan speed of the laser scanning unit with a certain rate depending on a selected resolution in order to enhance a resolution of an image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided to enhance a resolution of an image by controlling a process speed and a laser scanning method thereof. Such an image forming apparatus comprises a laser scanning unit having at least two laser diodes to form an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive body with laser beams emitted from the laser diodes; an engine driving unit having at least one driving motor to drive a plurality of built-in units; and a control unit arranged to control one of the laser scanning unit and the engine driving unit to change one of a process speed of the engine driving unit and a scan speed of the laser scanning unit with a certain rate depending on a resolution selected from an external source when the laser scanning forms the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum.

Abstract: A combination machine having an image data conversion function. The combination machine has at least two modules among a scanner module to project light onto documents and produce images, a photocopier module to output the images onto paper, and a facsimile machine module to send images through a communication channel and to receive images through the communication channel, including a character recognition part to recognize characters on the images, a translation part to translate the recognized characters into a different language, and a controller to control the character recognition part and the translation part to translate the images into the different language and to convert the characters translated in the different language into images. Accordingly, the combination machine can translate images with respect to text on documents, convert the images into a voice, and convert into an image format processable by an external display device on a user's single command.