摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a user's convenience of management of an expendable component by providing information how much the expendable component is consumed in which recording device when the expendable component is installed to a plurality of recording devices. <P>SOLUTION: A toner cartridge 301 allowed to be installed to a plurality of recording devices is provided with a non-volatile memory 311 and the serial numbers of the recording devices to which the toner cartridge 301 is installed and information concerned with the consumption of toner by respective recording devices are stored in the non-volatile memory 311. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |