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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoshi Tsuruya, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/508 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/508 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of cartridges each having a toner container and a memory. The plurality of cartridges are detachably mountable to a main body of the image forming apparatus. A plurality of supply systems supply toners to the respective toner containers of the plurality of cartridges. A control system writes information in the respective memories of the plurality of cartridges. When a new cartridge is mounted, the control system writes color information corresponding to a mounting position in the memory of the new cartridge.