PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To recognize information related to a process cartridge loaded in an image forming device main body without taking out the process cartridge from the image forming device main body. SOLUTION: This process cartridge C is constituted so that a toner seal 12 hermetically sealing toner housed in a toner container 3 is provided with a bar code 17 including the information related to the cartridge C. Then, the information is read by a bar code recognition means 16 with which the main body is provided. The seal 12 is constituted so as to be eliminated after the cartridge C is loaded in the main body. At this time, the information is read.