| 摘要 |
<p>An image forming apparatus (1) of the invention permits a toner cartridge (20A-20D) equipped with a non-volatile memory (21A-21D) storing various information items to be mounted in a mounting portion of an apparatus main body through a toner-cartridge mounting panel (8A-8D) capable of being opened and closed without suspending an image forming operation. In a case where an opened/closed status of the toner-cartridge mounting panel (8A-8D) is detected, the apparatus retrieves cartridge-specific information from the non-volatile memory (21A-21D) of the toner cartridge (20A-20D). The other data than the cartridge-specific information is read out only from a non-volatile memory of a toner cartridge, the cartridge-specific information of which differs from cartridge-specific information stored in a memory of the apparatus main body.</p> |
