An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an inner guide, an outer guide opposing the inner guide. The inner guide and the outer guide define a curved transporting path where the recording sheet is transported. The image forming apparatus further includes a first feeder positioned upstream of the curved transporting path and a second feeder positioned downstream of the curved transporting path. The outer guide includes a rigid guide and a deformable resilient guide superimposed on the rigid guide. The rigid guide includes a first outer guide portion extending to a first downstream position and a second outer guide portion extending to a second downstream position positioned downstream of the first downstream position. A first resilient guide portion of the resilient guide, which corresponds to the first outer guide portion, extends to a third downstream position positioned downstream of the first downstream position and does not extend beyond the second downstream position.