IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANAGING CONSUMABLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

An image forming apparatus is provided which can properly manage individual information after replacement and history of replacement on the apparatus side. If individual information is successfully read from a toner cartridge storing the individual information, the image forming apparatus records the individual information in an apparatus-side memory. At a predetermined timing of when there is a possibility that the toner cartridge is replaced, the image forming apparatus attempts to read information from the toner cartridge. If the reading fails and the individual information recorded in the apparatus-side storage is not information read from the toner cartridge, the image forming apparatus writes new individual information about the toner cartridge to the apparatus-side storage, and records information generated on the apparatus side in the written individual information.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus for performing image formation using a consumable container comprising a memory configured to store individual information unique to the consumable container, the image forming apparatus comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor that stores instructions and, upon execution of the instructions by the at least one processor controls the at least one processor to act as: a reading unit configured to read the individual information from the memory of the consumable container, a storage control unit configured to record the individual information in a storage of the image forming apparatus, and a control unit configured to write, in response to the reading unit failing to read the individual information from the memory of the consumable container, new individual information about the consumable container to the storage of the image forming apparatus.