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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2023
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Izumi, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a printing unit, a count unit, and a control unit. The printing unit includes a member, the self-maintenance of which is performable by a user, and prints an image on a printing medium. The count unit counts a count value indicating usage time of the member. The control unit outputs, when determining that the count value counted by the count unit is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, output information to an information processing device, in which the output information includes information indicating that the count value is equal to or greater than the first threshold value.