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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2022
Applicant:

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yasunari Miyazaki, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1273 (2013.01); G03G 15/50 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1259 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic process assembly, a processor, and a memory. The electrophotographic process assembly is configured to transfer a toner image formed on a photoconductive body rotating around an axis extending in a main scanning direction onto a sheet conveyed in a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction. The processor and memory are configured to store a print amount in a plurality of divided sections corresponding to the main scanning direction, acquire the print amount from a monitoring section in one or more monitoring target groupings corresponding to a predetermined section included in the plurality of divided sections, calculate an integrated print amount in the monitoring section, and output information relating to the monitoring target grouping corresponding to the integrated print amount in the monitoring section.


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