Title:
画像形成装置および画像形成装置の制御プログラム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6919246
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprises an expendable item having a specific function, installed replaceably with respect to a main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein there are several types of expendable items, and an engine control unit. The engine control unit judges end of lifetime of the expendable item by using one of a plurality of lifetime judgment methods. The engine control unit selects a lifetime judgment method used in the judgment, according to a type of the expendable item. It makes possible to provide an image forming apparatus capable of appropriately determining the reaching of the lifetime end of expendable items.
Inventors:
Atsushi Kawai
Application Number:
JP2017053934A
Publication Date:
August 18, 2021
Filing Date:
March 21, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G03G21/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2008216417A | ||||
| JP2008107696A | ||||
| JP2005326737A | ||||
| JP2004239944A | ||||
| JP2005070563A |
Foreign References:
| US20140002537 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yutaka Tsubaki