Image forming apparatus having a mode in which a process unit may be replaced
US6647213B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1838
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a replaceable process unit which holds a photosensitive body and a device to form at least one image can be held in a holding section. The image forming apparatus counts an amount of use of the process unit and stores a count value in a storage section. When the image forming apparatus performs a printing operation, the apparatus determines whether a mode selectively set by a mode setting section is a first mode in which a printing operation stops when the count value reaches a given value or a second mode in which the printing operation does not stop when the count value reaches the given value.
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