A part determination device used in an apparatus having a replacement
part, including an identification information acquisition section that
acquires individual identification information for identifying a
replacement part from the replacement part, an information acquisition
section that acquires information indicating whether or not the
replacement part is an approved part from the replacement part, a
determination section that determines whether or not a replacement part
is an approved part based on information acquired by the information
acquisition section, and a first registration section that, when it is
determined by the determination section that a replacement part is not an
approved part, registers individual identification information acquired
by the identification information acquisition section in a predetermined
first storage region.