Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image reading portion, and an operation unit having at least a touch panel display is provided in a front side of the image reading portion. A housing of the image reading portion has a housing projection portion that is projected frontward as compared with a front surface of a document pressing cover, and a power key that is a hardware key is provided on an upper surface of the housing projection portion in a back side as compared with the touch panel display and within a range of a breadth of the operation unit. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the power key from being operated carelessly, and it becomes easy to recognize a position of the power key.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . An image forming apparatus, comprising:
 an image reading portion;   a document pressing cover that is openably provided on an upper surface of the image reading portion;   a housing projection portion that is formed on an upper portion of the image reading portion so as to be projected outside as compared with the document pressing cover when viewed from a top side of the image forming apparatus;   a display; and   at least one of a power key and a power saving key that are hardware keys and provided on an upper surface of the housing projection portion in a back side as compared with the display, wherein   the upper surface of the housing projection portion is a level surface.   
     
     
         21 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 20 , wherein the at least one of the power key and the power saving key are provided within a range of a breadth of the display. 
     
     
         22 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 20 , comprising at least one of a fax receiving situation indicator and an alarm indicator provided on the housing projection portion. 
     
     
         23 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 20 , comprising another hardware key, wherein the at least one of the power key and the power saving key and the another hardware key are arranged in line in a front-back direction. 
     
     
         24 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 20 , comprising at least one of a fax receiving situation indicator and an alarm indicator provided in a back side as compared with the display.