To facilitate a takeoff work for recording paper discharged to a recording paper discharge part, while reducing the installation space of the device.

This image formation device is provided with an image formation part which forms an image on a paper sheet so as to set it to recording paper, a recording paper discharge means which discharges the recording paper having the image formed on the image formation part, a recording paper discharge part 5 which is provided in the upper part of the image formation part and stores the recording paper discharged by the recording paper discharge means, and an image read-out part 2 which is provided in the upper part of the recording paper discharge part 5, reads out the image on a document, converts the read-out image information into digital signals, and feeds them to the image formation part; and the image read-out part 2 and the recording paper mount face of the recording paper discharge part are relatively movable.