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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Yuji Kogusuri, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yuji Kogusuri, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/553 (2013.01); G03G 15/5079 (2013.01); G03G 15/556 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming device includes a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on attribute information of a print job, a supply time point at which supply of consumables becomes necessary due to execution of the print job; and a notification unit configured to notify a user of necessity of the supply of the consumables at a time point obtained by subtracting a transit time it takes for the user to move to the image forming device and a supply time necessary for supplying the consumables from the supply time point.