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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaichi Sawada, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Sawayama, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Hasegawa, Chiba, JP;
Shinji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kayoko Ikegami, Saitama, JP;
Ryohichi Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G06F 1/760 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G06F 1/760 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an operation management part managing the operation of the image forming apparatus. A first operation information storing part accumulates in chronological order operation information relating to the operation managed by the operation management part. An external output part refers to cumulative results accumulated in the first operation information storing part and outputs, to the outside, the operation information according to the cumulative results.