| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus, a failure information notification system and a failure information notification method that can quickly check failed consumable supplies. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes: a storage medium which stores manufacture information peculiar to a consumable supply; a reading unit which reads information in the storage medium; a communication control unit which receives failure information of the consumable supply; a display unit which displays information; and a control unit which receives the failure information of the consumable supply by the communication control unit, then determines whether a consumable supply in use is equivalent to a failed consumable supply or not, and performs control to display the failure information on the display unit when the consumable supply is determined as equivalent to the failed consumable supply. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
