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