IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONNECTION DEVICE

摘要

A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image processing device including plural image processing units; a control device configured to control the plural image processing units; and a connection unit configured to connect the image processing device to the control device. Each of the plural image processing units is connected to the control device by one of plural channels; the image processing device is connected to the control device by a first bus including the channels; and the connection unit is provided on the first bus so that the image processing device is connected to the control device by a single connection unit.