To provide a recycle system, contributable to providing of product information for safety, reuse and recycle of a used ink pack or a core member of a master roll, and consequently reduction in disposal thereof.
The recycle system comprises an image forming device to which a consumable article is detachably installed; a storage means provided on the consumable article to store recycle information for the consumable article in a writable and readable manner in no contact; a recycle information setting means 6 which performs setting of the recycle information from the image forming device; a recovery report destination means 9 which reports at least recovery request information for recovery of the consumable article or replenishment of the consumable article to a recovery report destination, when the consumable article is used up, or the residual quantity of the consumable article is smaller than a preset predetermined quantity; and a control means 20 which performs display or report in a user-recognizable manner to change or correct the recycle information with a change item, and makes the recovery report destination means report the recycle information and the recovery request information of the consumable article to the recovery report destination.
Toru Kabayama
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