Patent ID: 7092653
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of attach/detach sections to and from each of which a developer container for containing developer can be attached and detached; an image bearing body for bearing a latent image; and a displaying section for displavig information thereon, wherein: when a developer container is attached to each of said plurality of attach/detach sections, said image forming apparatus is usable as a color image forming apparatus for forming a color image by developing the latent image bore on said image bearing body with the developer contained in each said developer container; when a developer container is attached to only one of said plurality of attach/detach sections, said image forming apparatus is usable as a single-color image forming apparatus for forming a single-color image by developing the latent image bore on said image bearing body with the developer contained in said developer container; and information that is displayed on said displaying section when said image forming apparatus is used as said color image forming apparatus is different from information that is displayed on said displaying section when said image forming apparatus is used as said single-color image forming apparatus wherein, said information that is displayed on said displaying section when said image forming apparatus is used as said color image forming apparatus is information in which information specific to said color image forming apparatus has been added to said information that is displayed on said displaying section when said image forming apparatus is used as said single-color image forming apparatus, and wherein said information specific to said color image forming apparatus includes information about a number of sheets of media on which the color images have been formed.