Image forming apparatus

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes: a display portion; an image forming device; a fixing device; a controller configured to control display of the display portion so that one is selected from a plurality of sheet widths to impose a limitation on a use of the image forming apparatus; a storing portion, provided detachably mountable to the image forming apparatus together with the fixing device, configured to store information corresponding to the sheet width selected at the display portion; a reading portion configured to read information stored in the storing portion; and a limiting portion configured to impose, on the basis of the information read by the reading portion, a limitation on widths of sheets capable of being designated as a printing condition.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; a fixing portion configured to fix the image formed by said image forming portion on the sheet; an operating portion including a display portion and configured to receive a selection of choices from an operator; a display controller configured to control said display portion to display the choices indicative of a plurality of widths of the sheet, one of which is selectable by the operator; and an operation controller configured to determine whether to permit or prevent an execution of an image forming operation using said fixing portion, wherein, when one of the choices is selected, said operation controller permits the image forming operation on the sheet having the selected width on said display portion, using said fixing portion, and prevents the image forming operation on the sheet having a width different from the selected width, using said fixing portion, and wherein, when none of the choices is selected, said operation controller permits the image forming operation on the sheet for which said image forming apparatus is operable using said fixing portion, irrespective of the width of the sheet.