Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorTomoo Kudo
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus having: a replacement part that can be replaced; an operation and display section; an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet; a power supply section that supplies power to the image forming section; a storage section that stores a procedure of replacing the replacement part; and a control section, wherein the control section carries out, upon input instruction of the replacement part to be replaced from the operation and display section, a display operation of the replacement procedure of the replacement part on the operation and display section and an ON/OFF control of the power supply section.
Claims4
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a replacement part that can be replaced;
- an operation and display section enabling an operator to select the replacement part;
- an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet;
- a power supply section that supplies power to said image forming section;
- a storage section that stores a procedure of replacing said replacement part;
- and
- a control section,
- wherein the replacement part is selected from the group consisting of a photoreceptor cartridge having a photoreceptor for forming a latent image thereon, a charger that charges the photoreceptor of the photoreceptor cartridge, a development section that develops the latent image on the photoreceptor, a transfer belt unit that transfers a toner image obtained by developing the latent image with the development section, a fixing apparatus, and a dust filter, and
- wherein said control section carries out, upon an input instruction of said replacement part to be replaced from said operation and display section, a display operation of the replacement procedure of said replacement part on said operation and display section and an ON/OFF control of said power supply section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.