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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2010
Yoshiya Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuka Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Kitazawa, Chiba, JP;
Yoshiya Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuka Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Kitazawa, Chiba, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a plurality of consumable items. The apparatus includes a consumption status detecting unit that detects a respective consumption status of each of the consumable items; a consumption information output setting unit that sets presence or non-presence of information output for each of the consumption statuses detected by the consumption status detecting unit; and a consumable item information output unit that outputs information on the consumable items based on the respective consumption statuses detected by the consumption status detecting unit and the setting of the presence or the non-presence of information output set by the consumption information output setting unit.