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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2005
Satoshi Okochi, Saitama, JP;
Satoshi Okochi, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing control device, method, system and program with a consumable product detachably mounted thereon, including a state storing unit that stores a usage state of the consumable product, a detachment detecting unit that detects that the consumable product has been detached a usage state checking unit that checks the usage state of the consumable product whose detachment has been detected by the detachment detecting unit based on data stored in the state storing unit a determination unit that determines whether the consumable product is still usable or not based on the usage state checked by the usage state checking unit and a notification unit that notifies that the consumable product is still usable if the determination unit determines that the consumable product is still usable.