Abstract: An apparatus housing includes: a housing frame that contains an image forming element therein; and an exterior cover fixed to an exterior of the housing frame, wherein the exterior cover has a specified-color exterior cover different in lightness from the housing frame, the specified-color exterior cover has a plurality of cover members that are adjacent to each other and disposed on at least one surface of the housing frame, and a blind portion for blinding the surface of the housing frame with a color whose lightness is more similar to that of the specified-color exterior cover than the housing frame is provided at an adjacent area between the plurality of cover members so that the surface of the housing frame is not exposed through a gap between the plurality of cover members, and wherein the blind portion is provided to at least one of the plurality of cover members, and the blind portion extends to cover the entire adjacent area of the other cover members.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus (1) in which a sheet (P) is fed through a conveyance passage from one wall (2a) to the other wall (2b) of a box-shaped housing (2), and the sheet (P) reversed in a reversing passage (28) near the other wall (2b) is discharged in a discharge section of a top wall (2c), and the other wall (2b) near which the reversing passage (28) is provided includes an upper portion projecting outward in the top wall (2c) and a lower portion receding inward in a bottom wall (2d) so that an area of the bottom wall (2d) is smaller than that of the top wall (2c). Therefore, a space for an installation can be reduced when the image forming apparatus (1) is disposed on a desk (40) and the like.