Patent 7505717 was granted and assigned to Samsung on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An image forming apparatus is provided with a body; a developing unit formed inside the body; a toner accommodation unit mounted inside the body and provided with at least two or more cartridges; and a toner supply unit for supplying toner discharged from each cartridge of the toner accommodation unit to the developing unit, such that a user can easily change the toner.