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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Nishimura, Sakai, JP;
Hideji Saikoh, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0225 (2013.01); G03G 15/0258 (2013.01); G03G 15/0291 (2013.01); G03G 15/553 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/00602 (2013.01); H04N 1/00909 (2013.01); G03G 15/502 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that includes a charger for charging a surface of a photoreceptor and that forms an image by using an electrophotographic system, the charger being configured to be cleanable, includes a guidance notification unit that causes a guidance notification prompting cleaning of the charger to be displayed and a guidance notification determination unit that, in accordance with a threshold set in accordance with usage condition of the image forming apparatus, determines whether or not to cause the guidance notification to be displayed.