IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

An image forming apparatus that attaches a consumable including a memory that stores information for indicating use results of a consumable material and that forms an image by using the consumable material accommodated in the consumable, in a case that an obtainment of information from the attached consumable succeeds, creates a record of the attached consumable based on the obtained information, and in a case that the obtainment of the information fails, creates a record of the attached consumable that makes identification information of the attached consumable be predetermined information. Then, in a case that identification information of the consumable included in obtained the information does not match identification information of the consumable obtained previously, changes the identification information of the consumable obtained previously based on the information obtained currently.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus that attaches a consumable including a memory that stores information for indicating use results of a consumable material and that forms an image by using the consumable material accommodated in the consumable, the apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the image forming apparatus to: obtain the information from an attached consumable; create a record of the attached consumable based on the obtained information in a case that an obtaining of the information succeeds in an obtainment of the information, and create a record of the attached consumable that makes identification information of the attached consumable be predetermined information in a case that the obtaining of the information fails in the obtainment of the information; and change the identification information of the consumable that was obtained previously based on the information that is currently obtained in a case that identification information of the consumable included in the information that is currently obtained does not match identification information of the consumable that was obtained previously.