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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Toyota, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes a first supplier configured to supply a long recording medium, an image forming engine configured to form an image on the recording medium supplied from the first supplier using a color material supplied from a color reservoir, a remaining amount output device configured to output a signal indicating a remaining amount of the color material. The image forming device derives a length of a recording medium on which images can be formed until a color material in the color reservoir runs out, and displays the length of the recording medium on which the images can be formed derived in the deriving on a display.