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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Wataru Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1675 (2013.01); G03G 15/553 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt, a rotary member configured to transfer the toner image on the belt to the recording material, a power supply configured to apply transfer voltage to the rotary member to transfer the toner image on the belt to the recording material, an acquisition unit configured to acquire each value related to the number of recording materials passing through each area of the belt divided into a plurality of areas in a width direction of the belt, and an output unit configured to output error information related to a life of the belt based on each value.