A medium-discharging device includes: a device main body including a medium-discharging section that discharges a medium; a medium-receiving tray that receives the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section; and a pressing member that is configured to be attached to and detached from to the device main body and presses the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section against the medium-receiving tray in a state in which the pressing member is attached to the device main body, in which the pressing member is configured to switch, in the state in which the pressing member is attached to the device main body, between a first state in which the pressing member comes into contact with the medium-receiving tray and a second state in which the pressing member retreats upward so as to be apart from the medium-receiving tray.

A drawer mechanism includes a housing, a drawer, and a connector. The housing has at least one open side. The drawer is incorporated in the housing and insertable into and drawable from the open side of the housing. The connector connects the housing and a rear side of the drawer in a drawing direction of the drawer. The connector includes a first pivoting member, a second pivoting member, and a biasing member. The biasing member is disposed at a contact portion between the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member and configured to bias the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member in directions in which the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member are closed.

An information processing method is configured for printing a first image by using a flatbed printer including a mounting table for mounting a first medium and a printing device for printing the first image on the first medium. The information processing method includes generating a second image indicating a position as a reference to mount the first medium on the mounting table, causing the printing device to print the second image on a second medium mounted on the mounting table, and causing the printing device to print the first image on the first medium mounted on the second medium having the printed second image.

An apparatus body of an image reading apparatus is turnably provided to a body supporting portion. The apparatus body is turned so as to be switchable between a first posture and a second posture that forms an angle between a reading transportation path and a mounting surface being smaller than the corresponding angle formed in the first posture. A transportation path switching unit couples the reading transportation path to a reverse transportation path when the apparatus body takes the first posture, and couples the reading transportation path to a non-reverse transportation path when the apparatus body takes the second posture.

An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion and an optical sensor having first and second positioning holes and a connector. The fixing portion includes first and second screw holes, a through-hole, and an extension portion. If the optical sensor is placed on the fixing portion in a first orientation where the first positioning hole is aligned with the first screw hole and the second positioning hole is aligned with the second screw hole, the connector is inserted into the through-hole without interfering with the extension portion so that screws fix the optical sensor. If the optical sensor is placed on the fixing portion in a second orientation where the first positioning hole is aligned with the second screw hole and the second positioning hole is aligned with the first screw hole, the connector interferes with the extension portion so that the connector is not inserted into the through-hole.

A processing apparatus includes a mount on which an object is placed and a support member that is provided on an upper surface of the mount and that supports a supported unit that provides at least one of an operation and a display regarding a process, the support member including a protruding portion that protrudes outward at a lower end of the support member and having a rod shape formed by joining plural members adjacent to each other in a direction along the upper surface, the protruding portion being embedded below the upper surface.

A printing apparatus includes: a motor; a printing mechanism; a print processor; a connector; a substrate that transmits a signal received via the connector to the print processor, the print processor and the connector being mounted on the substrate; a plurality of metal plates that separate the substrate from the motor. The metal plates surround the substrate. The cable is coupled to the connector via a through-hole. The through-hole is covered with a metal cover.

An image reading apparatus for reading image information from a sheet includes a cover unit, a sheet feeding member, a conveying guide, and a reading unit including a transparent member and a reading portion. The cover unit is rotatable between a closed position where the cover unit forms a sheet conveying passage in cooperation with the conveying guide and an open position where the sheet conveying passage is open. In a state in which the cover unit is positioned in the closed position, the transparent member is exposed to an outside of the image reading apparatus by rotation of the conveying guide and the reading unit.

An image reading apparatus includes a body support section, an apparatus body supported by the body support section, and a reading section configured to read a document. The apparatus body is configured to rotate about a rotation shaft with respect to the body support section and the apparatus body is rotated to be switched to a first position or a second position, a position of the center of gravity of the apparatus body is located at a position vertically above a shaft axis of the rotation shaft and closer than the shaft axis to an apparatus front in an apparatus depth direction when the apparatus body is in the first position, and is located at a position vertically above the shaft axis of the rotation shaft and closer than the shaft axis to an apparatus rear in the depth direction when the apparatus body is in the second position.

An image reading apparatus includes a transparent member, a conveyance unit, a reading unit reading an image information through the transparent member from the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, and a guide member provided upstream of a reading position where the reading unit reads the image information from the sheet with respect to a sheet conveyance direction. The guide member includes a sheet-like sheet member having elasticity. A leading end of a downstream side of the guide member in the sheet conveyance direction is a folded portion formed by folding back the sheet member.