IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING USE OF REPLACEMENT PART

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a replacement part attached at the time of shipping to be used even when mode setting of an apparatus body is changed.

SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body settable to any of at least first and second modes; a replacement part detachably attachable to the apparatus body; a first storage means provided in the apparatus body and configured to store ID information for at least a selected one of the first and second modes; a second storage means provided in the replacement part and configured to store ID information of the replacement part; and a determination means configured to compare the ID information of the apparatus body with the ID information of the replacement part to determine whether to permit use of the replacement part. The second storage means of the replacement part shipped with the image forming apparatus stores at least the first ID information for the first mode and the second ID information for the second mode.

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