Image forming apparatus to which cartridge is attachable and including controller capable of determining whether cartridge is attached to image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a controller, a main body frame, a cartridge and a display. The cartridge includes a memory, a cartridge data terminal and a cartridge detection terminal. The controller includes a main body data terminal and a main body detection terminal. The main body data term...

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Hauptverfasser: Sugiura, Shinta, Inoue, Keita, Sato, Seiya, Takahashi, Osamu, Wakizaka, Masaaki, Akagi, Koji, Yokoi, Tatsuro, Araki, Toshinori
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Zusammenfassung:An image forming apparatus includes a controller, a main body frame, a cartridge and a display. The cartridge includes a memory, a cartridge data terminal and a cartridge detection terminal. The controller includes a main body data terminal and a main body detection terminal. The main body data terminal is electrically connected to the cartridge data terminal. The main body detection terminal is electrically connected to the cartridge detection terminal in the case where the cartridge is attached to the main body frame. The controller is configured to perform determining whether the main body detection terminal and the cartridge detection terminal are electrically connected with each other. The controller is configured to perform displaying a determination result of the determining whether the main body detection terminal and the cartridge detection terminal are electrically connected with each other on the display.