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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiyoshi Hikichi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiro Tachibana, Kashiwa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device capable of managing a plurality of detachable fixing devices appropriately according to usages etc. A receiving unit receives a character string input through an operation screen. A storage unit stores the input character string in association with identification information about a fixing device. An obtaining unit obtains the identification information about the fixing device attached to the image forming apparatus. A display control unit displays the character string that is stored by the storage unit in association with the identification information obtained by the obtaining unit on a display unit.