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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2008
Takashi Kitagawa, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Katsuhiro Nagayama, Nara, JP;
Masayuki Otsuka, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Takashi Kitagawa, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Katsuhiro Nagayama, Nara, JP;
Masayuki Otsuka, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section; a manual setting mode for enabling a user to provide instruction of timing for executing a process control of the image forming section; a cumulative operation information management section for calculating and storing cumulative operation information after the execution of the previous process control; a threshold value setting section for setting, to a threshold value, the cumulative operation information at the point when the instruction is provided in the manual setting mode; and a process control management section for executing a process control and resetting the cumulative operation information at timing when the cumulative operation information reaches the threshold value.