IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF OUTPUTTING INFORMATION OF USED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INSPECTION DEVICE FOR USED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem wherein although there is a proposal that a use history of a component or a unit forming an image forming apparatus required for reuse thereof is attached to the image forming apparatus, the material is prepared in a simple style so that it is possibly difficult to adequately use a component or a unit and to manage a reused component or a unit. SOLUTION: The use history of the component or the unit is stored in a nonvolatile memory provided in the image forming apparatus.