An image forming apparatus comprises a fixing device comprising a heater for heating a sheet on which an image is formed and a non-volatile memory in which characteristic information of the heater is stored. The fixing device is replaceable. In a case where the fixing device is replaced, the image forming apparatus starts to supply power to the heater before completing to read the characteristic information from the fixing device replaced. Due to this, the image forming apparatus can promptly heat the heater of the fixing device than before.

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image using an attachment body that has been attached; and a processor that performs setting for the image forming unit, the setting corresponding to the attachment body to be attached, the processor performing, in a state where the attachment body is attached, setting corresponding to another attachment body to be attached in place of an attached attachment body that is the attachment body being attached.

A printing apparatus includes a replaceable component, an attachment case configured to hold the replaceable component removably installed thereto, and a controller. The replaceable component includes a chamber configured to store a consumable material used for printing, and a memory configured to store consumable initial-state information regarding an initial state of the consumable material. The controller is configured to retrieve the consumable initial-state information from the memory of the replaceable component installed in the attachment case, and to perform consumable processing related to the consumable material based on the retrieved consumable initial-state information.