Scanner and image forming apparatus having the same

Abstract

A scanner includes a document feed plate on which one or more documents to be read are stacked, an image sensor disposed adjacent to the document feed plate to read a lower surface of the one or more documents, a plurality of document output rollers arranged vertically adjacent to each other to change a direction along which the read one or more documents proceed along a reverse C-shaped path and to output the read one or more documents through a document outlet, and a document output plate located above the document feed plate on which the output one or more documents are stacked. The plurality of document output rollers rotate in the same direction, and each of the document output rollers has a shaft that is a rotational center and a plurality of roller bodies arranged to be separated from one another along a lengthwise direction of the shaft. Additionally, the roller bodies of a first document output roller are arranged not to contact the roller bodies of a second document output roller that is adjacent to the first document output roller, and a distance between the shafts of the first and second document output rollers is less than a sum of a radius of the roller bodies of the first document output roller and a radius of the roller bodies of the second document output roller.