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US 2025/0053125 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and method of operating image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhisa Kubota
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes one or more controllers; a display; and a fixing unit. The fixing unit is attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus. When the fixing unit is replaced to an other fixing unit, the one or more controllers display, on the display, a fixing unit designation request that requests an input for designating the other fixing unit.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- one or more controllers;
- a display;
- and a fixing unit, wherein
- the fixing unit is attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus, and
- when the fixing unit is replaced to an other fixing unit, the one or more controllers display, on the display, a fixing unit designation request that requests an input for designating the other fixing unit.
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A method of operating an image forming apparatus,
- the image forming apparatus including one or a plurality of controllers, a display, and a fixing unit that is mountable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus,
- the method comprising:
- removing a first fixing unit being mounted, from the image forming apparatus;
- mounting a second fixing unit different from the first fixing unit, to the image forming apparatus;
- and
- displaying, by the one or more controllers, a fixing unit designation request that requests an input for designating the second fixing unit, on the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.