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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kou Hiraike, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that performs image formation by rotating a developing device in such a manner that a relative speed of the developing device with respect to a photosensitive drum is set to a first speed, the image forming apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a predetermined mode in which the relative speed of the developing device with respect to the photosensitive drum is set to a second speed higher than the first speed, a storage unit configured to store, in a recording medium disposed in a toner cartridge containing the toner, information on a number of pages printed in the image formation performed in the predetermined mode, and a printing unit configured to print information on the number of pages stored in the recording medium.