Patent ID: 7359072

Claim:
A printing apparatus, comprising: a mounting unit, in which a printing component is detachably mounted, the printing component being detachably mounted with a consumable item and having a storage portion storing information of the consumable item; a printing unit that uses the consumable item in the printing component mounted in the mounting section to execute printing operation; a detecting unit that detects the information stored in the storage portion and executes a judging operation based on the detected information; and a printing-notifying unit that prints a message selectively based on the judged result, the message showing the judged result, thereby informing a user of the judged result, wherein the printing-notifying unit includes: an instruction input portion that receives an instruction for printing and print data indicative of an image desired to be printed; and a processing unit that, upon receipt of the printing instruction and the print data, processes the received print data selectively based on the judged result; wherein the printing unit prints the processed print data onto a sheet of paper.