Patent attributes
Both the user of an image forming apparatus and the image forming apparatus can determine if the consumable cartridge supplied to the apparatus is a refilled product or not at a glance. The consumable cartridge is for supplying a consumable to be used in the image forming process of an image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus. It has an ID tag memory seal 100 arranged at a predetermined position and includes an ID tag memory electrically indicating that the consumable cartridge is supplied by the manufacturer of the image forming apparatus and a logo label section, arranged on the surface of the ID tag memory for causing the user to visually recognize that the consumable cartridge is supplied by the manufacturer of the image forming apparatus.
