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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Taro Kurahashi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image on a recording sheet, a storage box for storing a printed material obtained by the image forming device forming the image on the recording sheet, a shredding device that shreds the printed material stored in the storage box, a controller that controls the shredding device so as to shred the printed material, upon deciding that a predetermined first standby time has elapsed after the printed material was stored in the storage box, and a communication device that performs wireless communication with a mobile device carried by a user. The controller transmits warning information to the effect that the printed material is about to be shredded, to the mobile device, upon deciding that a predetermined second standby time, shorter than the first standby time, has elapsed after the printed material was stored in the storage box.