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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiro Tachibana, Kashiwa, JP;
Nobuhiro Kawamura, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus connected to a sheet hole punching apparatus that applies a punch process to a sheet, and a method for controlling the same, in which from a die-set mounted to the sheet hole punching apparatus, die-set information including at least identification information for identifying the die-set is obtained, and in association with the die-set information, a number of times that the punch process has been executed using the die-set is counted. Control is performed to prompt a user to lubricate the die-set when the number of times counted by the counter unit exceeds a threshold value.
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