Image forming apparatus
US6421137B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 26, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1823
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus in which a photosensitive drum has the form of a cartridge, a non-volatile memory is provided on the cartridge and a cumulative number of times image forming has been performed is stored in the non-volatile memory, a write-in-progress flag is set in the memory before a data set is written to the memory of the cartridge, and the write-in-progress flag is reset after writing of a data set to the memory ends. A plurality of identical data sets are written to the memory. If, when data sets are read out of the memory, there is a data set for which the write-in-progress flag is still in the set state, it is judged that the write operation for this data set ended in mid-course and, hence, the content of this data set is rewritten to the content of another valid data set.
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