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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Masao Kondo, Toyokawa, JP;
Koji Ohara, Toyokawa, JP;
Takeshi Nomura, Toyohashi, JP;
Shinichi Yabuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Masao Kondo, Toyokawa, JP;
Koji Ohara, Toyokawa, JP;
Takeshi Nomura, Toyohashi, JP;
Shinichi Yabuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus employing a process cartridge for image forming apparatus which is equipped with a chip including a rewritable non-volatile memory, the non-volatile memory at least includes a read-only region and an arbitrarily rewritable region, a control program for writing data to the read-only region is installed in the arbitrarily rewritable region, and the use of the control program is limited after the completion of the writing of data to the read-only region.