Article: Japanese Inventors Develop Image Forming Apparatus

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- Hiroaki Kumai, Kiyoshi Nagamine, Hideaki Tanaka and Hiroh Soga, all from Saitama, Japan, have developed an image forming apparatus attached with replaceable unit.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "By using information stored in a storage part provided in the image forming apparatus main body or the results of detection of an image density sensor or the like, it is judged whether or not a replaceable unit such as a toner cartridge has been replaced. Furthermore, from information stored in the storage part provided in the image forming apparatus main body, it is detected whether a replaceable unit such as a toner cartridge is genuine or other ...

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