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Image forming apparatus

An image and equipment technology, applied in the field of image forming equipment, can solve the problems of increasing the frequency of unit replacement, adding, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-12-23
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECH INC
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This applies to other components as well, and when damage occurs erratically, a replacement cycle for the specific component that differs from the routine maintenance cycle is added, creating the problem of increased frequency of unit replacement by the user

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[0024] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0025] First describe the structure.

[0026] figure 1 An example of the functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is shown. Such as figure 1 As shown, the image forming apparatus 100 includes a control section 10, an operation section 20, a scanning section 30, a communication section 40, a printing section 50, a read / write section 60, a power supply section 80, and the like.

[0027] The control section 10 is constituted by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. Various processing programs are stored in the ROM of the control section 10, and the CPU of the control section 10 reads various types of programs stored in the ROM and develops the programs in the RAM, and controls each of the image forming apparatus 100 according to the deve...

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Abstract

An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a replaceable unit in which a plurality of replaceable parts are installed, a storage section to store a replacement time count value, a life duration time count value and a use count value, a display section and a control section to update the use count value in the storage section by counting the number of times of use of each of the parts installed in the unit, to determine whether a part which reached the life duration time exists or not based on the use count value of each of the parts which are update and the life duration time count value, and to display information for urging a replacement of the part which reached the life duration time and a part in which the use count value reached between the replacement time count value and the life duration time count value in the display section when the control section determines that the part which reached the life duration time exists.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to image forming apparatuses. Background technique [0002] There is known an image forming apparatus including a detachable unit in which a plurality of replaceable parts are assembled together. In this image forming apparatus, when a component reaches the end of its service life or when a component is damaged, the unit to which the component is mounted is extracted from the image forming apparatus and replaced. Replaced units are collected and reused in which parts that have reached the end of their useful life or are damaged are replaced with new parts (see, for example, JP 2005-107440 (hereinafter referred to as Patent Document 1)). [0003] Conventionally, unit replacement in an image forming apparatus is performed when service personnel perform routine maintenance in a predetermined period of time. In the commercial printing market, many service providers accept high-volume print orders that need to be delivered qu...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G03G15/00G03G21/02
CPCG03G15/553G03G2215/00109G03G15/502G03G15/55G03G15/5016G03G15/5079
Inventor 桝元孝介丸山宏之本井俊博小片智史高桥克典西川英史
Owner KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECH INC