Patent ID: 7649646

Claim:
A process cartridge detachably attached to a main body of an image forming device, the process cartridge comprising: a component for carrying out image formation; and a nonvolatile memory comprising a first address at which data comprising a shipment destination used by a control system of the main body of the image forming device is stored, wherein the shipment destination is configured to identify a predetermined set of printing parameters stored in the control system, a second address at which data comprising process control information to further control the control system of the main body is stored, wherein the process control information is to be used to override at least one of the printing parameters, a first unused address at which data comprising a destination code is stored and of which use by the control system of the main body of the image forming device is not defined, and a second unused address at which no data is stored and of which use by the control system of the main body of the image forming device is not defined.