Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:na casing including a side wall having an opening and a bottom portion;a cover member configured to close the opening;a drawer member configured to support a plurality of cartridges in such a manner as to allow the cartridges to be detachably attached thereto, and to be movable through the opening in a moving direction from an inside position in which the drawer member is located inside the casing to an outside position in which the drawer member is located outside the casing;a drawer member support portion configured to support the drawer member located in the outside position, at a position downstream from the opening in the moving direction of the drawer member; anda contact surface disposed at the bottom portion of the casing and configured to contact an installation surface on which the image forming apparatus is placed;wherein at least a part of the contact surface is located downstream from a downstream end of the cover member in the moving direction of the drawer member when the cover member is closed,wherein the part of the contact surface located downstream from a downstream end of the cover member in the moving direction of the drawer member when the cover member is closed is stationary relative to the casing,wherein the contact surface is stationary with respect to the installation surface and is in contact with the installation surface when the drawer member is in the inside position and in the outside position, andwherein the drawer member is relatively movable with respect to the casing, the contact surface, and the drawer member support portion when it moves between the inside position and the outside position.

An image forming apparatus comprising:na casing including a side wall having an opening and a bottom portion;a cover member configured to close the opening;a drawer configured to support a plurality of cartridges, and to be movable through the opening in a moving direction from an inside position in which the drawer is located inside the casing to an outside position in which the drawer is located outside the casing;a sheet cassette configured to store recording media, and having a drawer supporting portion configured to support the drawer located in the outside position, the drawer supporting portion being located at a position downstream from the opening in the moving direction of the drawer;a contact surface disposed at the bottom portion of the casing and configured to contact an installation surface on which the image forming apparatus is placed; anda plurality of legs provided on the bottom portion of the casing,wherein at least a part of the contact surface is located downstream from a downstream end of the cover member in the moving direction of the drawer when the cover member is closed,wherein the casing includes a protruding portion extending downstream in the moving direction of the drawer beyond the downstream end of the cover member when the cover member is closed, and the at least a part of the contact surface is provided on a bottom surface of the protruding portion,wherein at least a part of the legs is provided on the protruding portion,and wherein the part of the legs provided on the protruding portion is stationary relative to the casing.

An image forming apparatus comprising:na casing including a side wall having an opening;a drawer configured to support a plurality of cartridges, and to be movable through the opening in a moving direction from an inside position in which the drawer is located inside the casing to an outside position in which the drawer is located outside the casing;a sheet cassette configured to store recording media, and having a drawer supporting portion configured to support the drawer located in the outside position, the drawer supporting portion being located at a position downstream from the opening in the moving direction;a restricting member configured to be movable between a restriction position in which the movement of the drawer from the inside position to the outside position is restricted and a retreated position in which the movement of the drawer from the inside position to the outside position is allowed; andan interlocking mechanism configured to cause the restricting member to be positioned in the retreated position when the sheet cassette is in an attached position and to cause the restricting member to be positioned in the restriction position when the sheet cassette is removed from the casing;wherein the sheet cassette is configured to be detachably attached to the casing, and wherein the sheet cassette supports the drawer when it is in an attached position in which the sheet cassette is attached to the casing.