发明申请
- 专利标题： IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OUTPUT SETTING METHOD OF CONSUMED STATUS OF CONSUMABLE ITEMS OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
- 专利标题（中）： 图像形成装置的消费状态消费状态的图像形成装置和输出设置方法
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申请号： US12979721申请日： 2010-12-28
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公开(公告)号： US20110091223A1公开(公告)日： 2011-04-21
- 发明人: Yoshiya Inoue , Yasuyuki Igarashi , Takeshi Fujita , Yuka Saito , Toshio Kitazawa
- 申请人： Yoshiya Inoue , Yasuyuki Igarashi , Takeshi Fujita , Yuka Saito , Toshio Kitazawa
- 优先权： JP2006-009259 20060117
- 主分类号： G03G15/00
- IPC分类号： G03G15/00
摘要：
An image forming apparatus which uses a consumable item is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a consumed status detecting unit which detects a value of the consumed status of the consumable item, a determining unit which determines whether to output an exchange message of the consumable item by comparing the value of the consumed status of the consumable item detected by the consumed status detecting unit with a predetermined value, an exchange message output setting unit which sets presence or non-presence of an output of the exchange message, and a consumed status output setting unit which sets presence or non-presence of an output of the consumed status of the consumable item detected by the consumed status detecting unit.