Image formation apparatus, recording medium, image formation method, and consumables management system
US8373881B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0888
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image formation apparatus, which includes: a detector unit that detects a status of consumables; a prediction unit that predicts a run-out timing of the consumables on the basis of the status detected by the detector unit; a transmission unit that transmits the status detected by the detector unit to a management apparatus as consumables information; a reception unit that receives run-out timing information indicating a run-out timing predicted by the management apparatus on the basis of the consumables information transmitted by the transmission unit; and a notification unit that notifies the run-out timing of the consumables on the basis of the run-out timing information received by the reception unit if communication with the management apparatus is possible, or notifies the run-out timing of the consumables on the basis of the run-out timing predicted by the prediction unit if communication with the management apparatus is not possible.
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