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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;

Inventor:

Yuki Matsui, Kiyosu, JP;

Assignee:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/48 (2006.01); B65H 43/02 (2006.01); B65H 7/04 (2006.01); B41J 29/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0075 (2013.01); B41J 29/48 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/46 (2013.01); B65H 7/04 (2013.01); B65H 43/02 (2013.01); B65H 2511/30 (2013.01); B65H 2511/514 (2013.01); B65H 2551/212 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a printing system, an attached-time remaining sheet amount at detecting attachment of a sheet feed tray to the printing system is detected. And current remaining sheet amount at end of image printing is detected. Then, it is determined whether the attached-time sheet remaining amount is greater than a first threshold value. In response to determination that an attached-time sheet remaining amount is greater than a threshold value and the current remaining sheet amount is less than or equal to the threshold value, a controller executes an alert process corresponding to controlling a display to display an alert. In response to determination that the attached-time sheet remaining amount and the current remaining sheet amount are equal to or less than the first threshold value, the controller inhibits executing the alert process.


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