摘要 |
PURPOSE:To allow a user to kow about expendable parts to be recovered and a recovery address, for sending the expendable parts, etc., to the recovery address by post and to improve the recovery of the expendable parts by recording the image of the recovery address, etc., of expendables on a transfer material on the basis of data stored in a storage means when a counting means counts the specified number of recording. CONSTITUTION:When the lifetime of a process unit 30 expires, the mark of a postage collect specified by a post office and recovery information such as the name and address of a recipient, a postal code, etc., are printed on a form S. Consequently, a user can determine the expiration of the lifetime of the process unit 30, the process unit 30 as a part to be recovered and the recovery objective of the process unit. The used old process unit 30 can be recovered by utilizing a postal system, and the user is not burdened with trouble and cost for recovery. Accordingly, the recovery of the process unit 30 can be improved. |