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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shun-ichi Ebihara, Suntou-gun, JP;
Tomonori Shida, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/553 (2013.01); G03G 15/5079 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1294 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1663 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a process unit that is used for an image forming operation for forming an image on a sheet and detachable from a main body of the image forming apparatus, a storage unit that stores operation history information indicating an operation history of the process unit, a detection unit that detects that the process unit is replaced with a new process unit, and a determination unit that determines a replacement timing of the new process unit on a basis of the operation history information of the process unit.