Method for assessing an end of life in a document processing system

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for applying usage or weighting factors to static cycle counts or "clicks" as tallied in a document processing system. The application of weighting factors to a system cycle count when suitably summed will provide superior measure of the wear to a replaceable element as well as improved indication for the determination of the end of life for a replaceable element in that system. As such the more timely service or substitution for that replaceable element in the system can be provided, thereby allowing costs and service down-time to be minimized.