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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2011
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 apparatus in which a plurality of consumable items are loadable to the apparatus. The apparatus includes a consumption status detecting unit to detect a respective consumption status of each of the consumable items, a consumption information output setting unit to set whether an exchange message for each of the consumable items is to be output, and a consumable item information output unit to output the exchange message, which is indicative of an exchange time of the respective consumable item, based on the respective consumption statuses detected by the consumption status detecting unit and the setting of the consumption information output setting unit.