Image forming apparatus having a plurality of image forming stations, and unit detachably mountable on the apparatus

1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that has a plurality of image forming stations for forming an image on a recording material, each of the plurality of image forming stations having a memory, and writing device for writing data into the memories, whe...

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Main Authors Sasame, Hiroshi, Ogata, Hiroaki, Yamamoto, Shinya, Kakeshita, Tomomi
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.03.2004
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Summary:1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that has a plurality of image forming stations for forming an image on a recording material, each of the plurality of image forming stations having a memory, and writing device for writing data into the memories, wherein when the image is formed on the recording material without at least one of the image forming stations being used, the writing device writes use data into the memory of the station used and the memory of the station not used.