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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masanao Motoyama, Fuchu, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire measurement data in continuous printing in which print images corresponding to a plurality of pages generated based on print data are continuously printed, the measurement data being data obtained by measuring a status of an image forming apparatus while the image forming apparatus is printing a print image for at least one measurement target page out of the plurality of pages without using a rest of the plurality of pages as measurement target pages; and a prediction unit configured to perform processing of predicting a possibility of a malfunction of the image forming apparatus using the measurement data.