A replacement unit having a toner bottle and a fixing liquid bottle
integrated with each other is attached to a printer main body (image
forming apparatus main body). Toner particles accommodated in the toner
bottle are allowed to be supplied to a development device of the image
forming apparatus main body. A sheet member (sealing unit) of a liquid
supplying port of the fixing liquid bottle is broken by an insertion pin
provided in the printer main body in synchronization with the attachment
of the replacement unit to the printer main body. A toner fixing liquid
including a softening agent for softening the toner particles and a
solvent for dissolving or dispersing the softening agent is supplied from
the fixing liquid bottle to a fixing liquid storage of a fixing device of
the printer main body.