A developing cartridge removably set in a laser printer includes a drive
gear that inputs a drive force thereto, a detection gear that
irreversibly moves from a unused position where the detection gear does
not engage with the drive gear, to a used position where the detection
gear does not engage with the drive gear, through a drive force
transmitting position where the detection gear engages with the drive
gear, and a contact member formed on the detection gear. Provided in a
main frame of the laser printer is an actuator that moves the detection
gear from the unused position to the drive force transmitting position as
the contact member contacts the actuator when the developing cartridge is
set in the main frame of the laser printer.