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Title:
COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011039209
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an image forming apparatus that outputs an image while maintaining an original image while reducing the use of remaining toner when its quantity has decreased.

An image input device 1 and an image output device 2 are connected to each other via a data transfer path 3. A remaining toner quantity detecting section 204 detects the quantity of toner remaining in the image output device 2. When it is detected that the quantity of at least one remaining toner has become equal to or smaller than a predetermined quantity by output from the remaining toner quantity detecting section 204, and printing with a reduced quantity of toner is selected by an instruction from an input section 114, a CPU 101 performs an image processing operation. It performs conversion into an image data to be printed so as to correspond to the reduced quantity of target toner, and prints a color image based on the converted image data by use of the image output device 2.


Inventors:
HAMA TAKERO
Application Number:
JP2009185365A
Publication Date:
February 24, 2011
Filing Date:
August 10, 2009
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Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECH
International Classes:
G03G15/01; G03G15/00; G03G15/36; G03G21/00; G03G21/14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Katsuaki Matsukawa



 
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