IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

According to one embodiment, the image processing apparatus has a sheet feeding unit that feeds sheets for printing thereon, an image forming section that forms a developer image, including a developer supply section for supplying a developer a identification element that stores image forming information containing information about whether the accommodated developer is an erasable developer and arranged in the developer supply section, a identification element detecting unit that reads the image forming information from the identification element, and a control section that forms the image on the basis of the image forming information read from the identification element.