| 摘要 |
<p>An image forming apparatus is disclosed, in which the operating program can be changed even after the apparatus is delivered to the customer to perform the control meeting the prevailing status of the apparatus. An image of an original is read and formed by a mechanism (12 to 15), the status of the image forming apparatus is detected by a sensor (22, 41), a first program for controlling the image forming mechanism is stored in a memory (64), a second program for controlling the apparatus according to the detected status is requested by a mechanism (3, 67, S67), the second program is received by and stored in a memory (64, S67) according to the request, and the image forming apparatus is controlled by a mechanism (5, S69)in accordance with the first and second programs. <IMAGE></p> |
