Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and toner container ordering method
- Patent Title (中): 成像设备和调色剂容器订购方法
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Application No.: US14096360Application Date: 2013-12-04
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Publication No.: US09152117B2Publication Date: 2015-10-06
- Inventor: Naoki Takeuchi , Masato Hirota
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Priority: JP2012-272856 20121213
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/00 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner consumption amount identifying unit identifies a toner consumption amount of toner consumed in a printing process from the print data. A toner residual amount identifying unit identifies a toner residual amount in a toner container from the toner consumption amount. A toner residual amount data managing unit stores order-timing toner residual amount data into a non volatile memory device at a timing when an ordering process of the toner container succeeds, and deletes the order-timing toner residual amount data in the non volatile memory device if the value of the toner residual amount is larger than a value of the order-timing toner residual amount data. An order processing unit performs the ordering process if the order-timing toner residual amount data is not stored in the non volatile memory device and the value of the toner residual amount is either equal to or less than a predetermined value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140169809A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER CONTAINER ORDERING METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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