An electronic printing apparatus comprises a printer body having a front surface with a window, a sheet feeding mechanism provided in the printer body, which may be accessed for maintenance work through the window, a main front cover for opening and closing the window in the front surface of the printer body, a sub-front cover movably provided on the printer body so as to be downwardly pivotable about the bottom of the printer body in a perpendicular direction, and having an operation surface which covers the main front cover so that it faces thereto, and a keyboard and a display provided on the operation surface of the sub-front cover.