| 发明名称 |
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER CONTAINER ORDERING METHOD |
| 摘要 |
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. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2014169809(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.06.19 |
| 申请号 |
US201314096360 |
申请日期 |
2013.12.04 |
| 申请人 |
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. |
发明人 |
Takeuchi Naoki;Hirota Masato |
| 分类号 |
G03G15/08 |
主分类号 |
G03G15/08 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a non volatile memory device; a toner consumption amount identifying unit configured to identify from print data a toner consumption amount of toner consumed in a printing process based on the print data; a toner residual amount identifying unit configured to identify a toner residual amount in a toner container from the toner consumption amount identified from the print data; a toner residual amount data managing unit configured (a) to store a value of the toner residual amount at a timing when an ordering process of the toner container succeeds as order-timing toner residual amount data into the non volatile memory device, and (b) to delete the order-timing toner residual amount data in the non volatile memory device if the value of the toner residual amount identified by the toner residual amount identifying unit is larger than a value of the order-timing toner residual amount data; and an order processing unit configured to perform an ordering process of the toner container 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 identified by the toner residual amount identifying unit is either equal to or less than a predetermined value.
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| 地址 |
Osaka JP |
