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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Kawaguchi, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which forms an image by using toner from a toner container mounted thereto. Consumption data is acquired, related to a toner consumption amount of the image forming apparatus, and based on the consumption data there is a determination of the number of remaining days until a predicted date in which a replacement of the toner container mounted onto the image forming apparatus is predicted. The number of the remaining days is displayed; however, the number of the remaining days is not displayed until a condition is satisfied related to the number of sheets on which images are formed by the image forming apparatus, wherein the condition is satisfied in a case where the number of sheets on which images are formed by the image forming apparatus is more than a predetermined number of sheets.