Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHidenori Matsumoto, Yousuke Hata, Masahiro Shinotsuka, Tatsuya Suzuki
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHidenori Matsumoto, Yousuke Hata, Masahiro Shinotsuka, Tatsuya Suzuki
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Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a rotation detection sensor configured to detect rotation of a toner bottle mounted to a mounting unit; a reader configured to communicate to/from a memory mounted to the toner bottle; a controller; and a display. The controller determines whether or not the toner bottle is mounted to the mounting unit based on a detection result obtained by the rotation detection sensor and a communication state of the reader. When determining that the toner bottle has been removed from the mounting unit while a replacement condition for the toner bottle is not satisfied, the controller displays a warning screen for prompting a user to reattach the toner bottle on the display.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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