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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Atsushi Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohichi Sadano, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaharu Ohtani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohichi Sadano, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaharu Ohtani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a computing unit to compute an amount of ink to be used to record raster data if a remaining amount of ink reaches a predetermined amount, and a recording control part to enable the recording if the remaining amount of ink is greater than the amount of ink computed by the computing unit. The recording control part disables the recording if the remaining amount of ink is less than or equal to the amount of ink computed by the computing unit.