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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2007
Applicant:
Shinichi Ban, Kobe, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Ban, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/315 (2006.01); B41J 2/385 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To configure print settings which have less influence on the environment, an MFP includes a document reader to receive image data, a print setting receiving portion to receive print settings to make printouts of the data, an environmental load calculating portion to calculate an environmental load which indicates a degree of influence on the environment based on the received print settings, and an alerting portion to display the calculated environmental load.