Abstract: A flexible guide for paper sheets exiting the outlet slot of office equipment. The flexible paper guide is easily attachable to a variety of office equipment, which, ordinarily, do not have sheet paper guides. After being attached to the desired office equipment surface, the flexible guide extends over a roll of unprinted material keeping the unused material clean and preventing the printed material from re-coiling and re-entering the material inlet slot. The flexible paper guide has an attachment layer for fastening the guide to the upper surface of the desired office equipment, and is made from a flexible material. The flexible material causes the flexible and tensioned guide to bend, which produces a low angle between the plane of the flexible material guide and the plane of the upper surface of the equipment.

Abstract: A stacker on which a recording medium discharged from an outlet of a recoding apparatus is placed, is movable between a first position for closing the outlet and a second position for opening the outlet. A sheet receiving face receives the discharged recording medium, while being a first form when the stacker is placed in the first position, and being a second form when the stacker is placed in the second position. The sheet receiving face is formed with at least one aperture in an upstream end portion with regard to a sheet discharging direction. A holder supports the upstream end portion of the sheet receiving face. The holder includes at least one retainer engaged with the aperture so as to prevent the sheet receiving face from deforming upward.