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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuto Misu, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1242 (2013.01); G06F 3/1255 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises an image processing part, an image forming part, and an inquiry output part. The image processing part performs image processing on image data. The image forming part forms an image on a sheet based on the image data. The inquiry output part outputs, when a page indicated by the image data includes an image at only an upstream side end part in a scanning direction and a consumption of a toner used on the page is less than a predetermined threshold, an inquiry about whether or not a print processing of the page is performed.