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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Masashi Hommi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Ieiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Miyagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Hommi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Ieiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Miyagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an electrode pair including two electrodes facing each other; a powder container interposed between the two electrodes and including a storage medium that is communicably coupled to the image forming apparatus; a capacitance detector configured to detect capacitance between the two electrodes; a powder container mounting determiner configured to determine whether the powder container is mounted to the image forming apparatus based on the capacitance, upon detecting that communication is not possible between the image forming apparatus and the storage medium; and an image forming execution controller configured to cause the image forming apparatus to execute image formation, upon determining, by the powder container mounting determiner, that the powder container is mounted to the image forming apparatus.