Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
STORAGE AREA STORING INFORMATION OF THE AMOUNT OF USE OF EACH FEATURE OF DIFFERENT IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES, A CARTRIDGE HAVING SUCH A STORAGE AREA, AND AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MOUNTING SUCH A CARTRIDGE
An image forming apparatus in which information regarding used amounts in image forming apparatus main bodies of different features is stored in the storage part of a cartridge, and the interchange time of the cartridge is judged by the use of the information. Thereby, even if a cartridge having interchangeability between a plurality of kinds of image forming apparatus main bodies of different features is mounted on each of the main bodies of different features, an interchange time corresponding to the main body can be grasped accurately.
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G
G03G
inventional
Masanobu Marehiko
Saito Hirajima