| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of recognizing the existence of a printer cartridge, thereby informing a user about appropriate exchange information on consumables or urging the user to utilize an appropriate cartridge of a special color. <P>SOLUTION: Radio communication equipment is incorporated in the printer cartridge incorporated in the image forming apparatus, and further a radio communication device is incorporated in the image forming apparatus, so that the printer cartridge existing in a radio communication feasible circle is recognized and the user is informed of such an effect. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
