Apparatus and output setting method of consumed status of consumable items of the apparatus
US8588626B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/55
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus that uses plural kinds of consumable items different from each other, the apparatus including a consumption status detecting device to detect a respective consumption status for each of the plural kinds of the consumable items, a memory to store a plurality of settings for each of the plural kinds of the consumable items, each of the settings including presence or non-presence of information output, and an output device to output the consumption status detected by the consumption status detecting unit, according to the setting of the presence or the non-presence of information output stored in the memory.
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