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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Hiroshi Tanaka, Nara, JP;
Takahiro Kawakami, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Tanaka, Nara, JP;
Takahiro Kawakami, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a photosensitive member, the image formed on the photosensitive member is classified by a respective kind of the image. The image forming apparatus comprises a storage unit which stores a cumulative value of a pixel value by a respective kind of the image; adding means for adding the pixel value of a respective pixel of the image formed on the photosensitive member, to the cumulative value stored in the storage unit and corresponding to the kind of the image; and toner consumption calculating means for calculating a toner consumption based on the cumulative value stored in the storage unit. An image forming apparatus capable of totaling the pixel value by a respective kind of the image and calculating the toner consumption by a respective kind of the image is realized.