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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Chiba, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus determines, if a restriction mode is set in which image formation by a predetermined cartridge is restricted, whether a cartridge loaded to the apparatus is the predetermined cartridge. If the cartridge loaded to the apparatus is the predetermined cartridge, the apparatus determines whether an accepted job is a specific job of printing information for purchasing a cartridge for which image formation is not restricted. If the accepted job is the specific job, the apparatus executes printing based on the accepted job without restricting the image formation by the predetermined cartridge, and executes printing based on an accepted job if the restriction mode is not set or if the cartridge loaded to the apparatus is not the predetermined cartridge. If the accepted job is not the specific job, the apparatus restricts execution of the image formation by the predetermined cartridge loaded to the image forming apparatus.