DETECTING UNIT OF TONER CONSUMING QUANTITY AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE: A toner usage calculating apparatus and a method thereof are provided to supply toner usage information to a user by considering an object attribute in a previewer document. CONSTITUTION: A metafile generating unit(200) converts a raw file into a meta file. A preview data generating unit(330) converts the metafile into preview data. An object map generating unit(360) generates an object map by classifying an object of the meta file. A dot count calculating unit(400) calculates a dot count of each pixel according to object property of the object map.