IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes: a main body storage portion that stores control information which defines a control condition of an option device; and a main body control portion that makes a printing portion perform operation in accordance with the control condition of the option device, and based on the control condition of the option device, gives an operation instruction to an option control portion, wherein in a case where an unsuitableness error, the option control portion transmits the control information stored in the option storage portion to the main body control portion, and the main body control portion updates the control information such that the control information stored in the main body storage portion becomes the control information suitable for specifications of the option device.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an option device that includes an option control portion and an option storage portion, a printing portion that prints an image onto a sheet, a main body storage portion that stores control information which defines a control condition of the option device, an I/F portion for communicating with the option device mounted on an image forming apparatus, and a main body control portion that makes the printing portion perform operation in accordance with the control condition of the option device and gives, via the I/F portion, an operation instruction to the option control portion based on the control condition of the option device, wherein the option storage portion stores control information that defines a control condition suitable for specifications of the option device, in a case where an unsuitableness error, which is an error caused by the control information stored in the main body storage portion being unsuitable for the specifications of the option device, occurs in the option device, the option control portion transmits, via the I/F portion, error information indicating content of the occurring unsuitableness error and the control information stored in the option storage portion to the main body control portion, and the main body control portion updates the control information stored in the main body storage portion based on the control information transmitted from the option control portion such that the control information stored in the main body storage portion becomes suitable for the specifications of the option device.