Abstract: An image forming apparatus having at least two of a plurality of functions including copying, facsimile and printer functions includes a main power switch that is provided on an outer surface of the apparatus and a cover to cover the main power switch. The cover is capable of opening and closing. Because the main power switch cannot be operated unless the cover is opened, when a user inadvertently tries to turn off the main power switch, for example, at the end of a day, the user must first touch the cover and is thereby reminded that the switch which the user is trying to turn off, is actually the main power switch for the apparatus. Thus, the main power switch is prevented from being inadvertently or unconsciously turned off.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having at least two of a plurality of functions including copying, facsimile and printer functions includes a main power switch that is provided on an outer surface of the apparatus and a cover to cover the main power switch. The cover is capable of opening and closing. Because the main power switch cannot be operated unless the cover is opened, when a user inadvertently tries to turn off the main power switch, for example, at the end of a day, the user must first touch the cover and is thereby reminded that the switch which the user is trying to turn off, is actually the main power switch for the apparatus. Thus, the main power switch is prevented from being inadvertently or unconsciously turned off.

Abstract: An automatic document feeder includes a document-loading device that loads a plurality of sheets of a document thereupon. A document-receiving device is arranged below the document-loading device and receives and stacks sheets of the document one by one, which have been transported from the document-loading device. A sheet-guiding device guides transportation of a sheet of the document from the document-loading device to the document-receiving device. A sheet-transporting device transports a sheet of the document one by one along the sheet-guiding device from the document-loading device to the document-receiving device. An open-and-close cover covers and exposes an upper portion and a side of the sheet-guiding device and the sheet-transporting device.