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- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus determining supplies-purchasing condition based on usage of supplies and operating method thereof
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Application No.: US15293875Application Date: 2016-10-14
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Publication No.: US10154161B2Publication Date: 2018-12-11
- Inventor: Jae-yoon Lee , Hong-rok Woo
- Applicant: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Jefferson IP Law, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2016-0089209 20160714
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus and an operating method thereof are provided. The image forming apparatus uses supplied mounted therein, and includes at least one computer processor configured to determine a grade of the image forming apparatus based on an accumulated usage of the supplies, and determine a range of available grades of the supplies, based on the determined grade of the image forming apparatus, and a memory configured to store information about the grade of the image forming apparatus.
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