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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Seita Inoue, Kashiwa, JP;
Takuya Hayakawa, Koshigaya, JP;
Kiyoharu Kakomura, Nagareyama, JP;
Naoka Omura, Matsudo, JP;
Yuya Ohta, Abiko, JP;
Shunsuke Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Yamamoto, Nagareyama, JP;
Satoru Kojima, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus that is capable of improving estimating accuracy of a usable period of a fixing device. The information processing apparatus enables communication with an image forming apparatus to which one of fixing devices is selectively attachable. A controller obtains information about a type of a fixing device attached, determines a remaining period of a second fixing device based on second data about a consumption amount of the second fixing device in a case where a first fixing device of a first type is replaced with the second fixing device of a second type, and determines a remaining period of a third fixing device based on first data about a consumption amount of the first fixing device and third data about a consumption amount of the third fixing device in a case where the first fixing device is replaced with the third fixing device of the first type.