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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1999
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording material includes an electrophotosensitive member. A developing devices develops a latent image formed on the electrophotosensitive member by using a developing agent contained in a container. A memory stores information with respect to an amount of consumption of the developing agent. A computing device computes a number of printable recording materials in accordance with the information, with respect to the amount of consumption of the developing agent, stored in the memory and a consumption rate information of the developing agent. An information output device outputs information of the number of printable recording material computed by the computing device.