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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
May. 10, 1993
Hiroyuki Tadokoro, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The color printer of the present invention includes a memory for storing latest history information of a print-out means, a controller for judging the worn conditions of expendable members on the basis of the history information and for generating maintenance information image data wherein expendable members which are before the exchange time and expendable members which are after the exchange time are sorted in different colors, and an operator panel for printing the maintenance information image data on a recording medium in color by the print-out means. According to the present invention, maintenance information necessary for performing maintenance and inspection or for exchanging expendable members can be outputted in a color image form which is color-coded quite obviously.