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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Fujinaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Sameshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomio Noguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Akitoshi Toyota, Kanagawa, JP;
Susumu Nittani, Shizuoka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to accommodate developer containing toner, a developer bearing member to rotate while bearing the developer accommodated in the developer container and develop the electrostatic latent image borne on an image bearing member into a developer image, a detection portion to output remainder amount information corresponding to an amount of the developer accommodated in the developer container, and a notification portion capable of notifying a first state indicating that a remainder amount of the developer accommodated in the developer container is a first amount or more and a second state indicating that the remainder amount of the developer accommodated in the developer container is less than the first amount. The notification portion notifies one of a plurality of states including the first state and the second state on a basis of the remainder amount information output from the detection portion.