| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the reduction of the cost and the improvement of recycling ability by reducing the kinds of parts constituting the attaching part of a toner container and the kinds of the toner containers. <P>SOLUTION: In the color image forming apparatus having a plurality of image forming parts 2 for forming images in different colors and a plurality of toner container attaching parts 27 to which the toner container 26 for storing the toner to be supplied to the image forming part 2 is attachably/detachably attached, a plurality of attaching parts 27 are formed in the same structure that the container 26 having the same shape is attached, and the apparatus is provided with two or more toner container attaching parts 27B to which the toner container 26B for storing black toner is attached out of a plurality of attaching parts 27. Thus, the apparatus has only to be provided with one kind of attaching part 27, so that the kinds of the parts constituting the attaching part 27 are reduced. Even if the consumption of the black toner is more than other color toner, frequency that the black toner is used up is prevented from getting high. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO |
