摘要 |
The invention relates to a copier or printer optionally including a copying system (hereinafter referred to as printing device) with a program control system, and to the method of the printing device, which is aimed at minimizing the time during which the printing device remains idle, either owing to the depletion of a necessary consumable item or owing to the wear of the parts, by identifying in advance the moment at which this will occur and supplying this information to the person or computer systems that require same. |