| 摘要 |
A printing apparatus can process all information relating to past states of use of the printing apparatus and appropriately notify the user of the state of use of the printing apparatus. A number of used recording sheets in the printing apparatus is accumulated as a number of passed sheets, and the accumulated number of used sheets and an average number of used sheets during a predetermined time period are notified to the user in accordance with a command to confirm the number of passed sheets from the user. By also notifying the user of the amount of used consumable supplies, such as ink and the like, the user can know the frequency of exchange of each of the consumable supplies. By automatically notifying the user of information relating to the state of use of the recording apparatus when the number of recording operations of the apparatus has exceeded a guaranteed amount, the user can know the time of exchange of the apparatus itself or each component of the apparatus.
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