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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kei Yuasa, Hino, JP;
Natsuko Minegishi, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroki Shibata, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1261 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1226 (2013.01); G06F 3/1232 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes: a communicator that communicates with an image forming apparatus capable of executing a print job; and a hardware processor that obtains, for each of the image forming apparatuses in communication with the communicator, a degree of variations in remaining endurance of each of a plurality of units included in the image forming apparatus, wherein the hardware processor assigns a print job to the image forming apparatus having the smallest degree of variations.