Image forming apparatus, method of indicating remaining quantity of consumable material using LED
An image and margin technology, applied to the equipment of the electric recording process using the charge pattern, the electric recording process using the charge pattern, and the printing device, etc., can solve the problem of not being able to confirm the remaining amount of consumables through the panel, cost rise, and screen operation cumbersome and other issues
Active Publication Date: 2014-03-26
KONICA MINOLTA INC
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[0008] In addition, in order to display the remaining amount of consumables on the panel, it is necessary to prepare a large panel, which becomes an important factor for cost increase
In addition, in order to avoid an increase in the size of the panel, a method of switching and displaying the screens of the panel is also conceivable, but in this method, the screen operation becomes cumbersome.
In addition, in the case of a device without a panel for cost reduction, since the remaining amount of consumables cannot be confirmed through the panel, the remaining amount of paper can only be confirmed by visual observation by opening the paper tray.
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[0033] As described in the background art, in an image forming apparatus, remaining amounts of consumables are displayed on a panel for management. However, since this method is a method in which a user near the image forming apparatus checks the remaining amount of consumables, if the user is located far from the image forming apparatus, he has to move to the image forming apparatus, which takes time and effort. In addition, if a large panel is installed to display the remaining amount of consumables on the panel, the cost will increase, and if the screen of the display panel is switched to avoid enlargement of the panel, the operation of the screen will become cumbersome. Furthermore, it cannot be applied to devices that do not mount a panel in order to reduce costs.
[0034] On the other hand, an image forming apparatus equipped with LEDs for displaying the operating state of the apparatus has also been proposed. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-1...
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Provided are an image forming apparatus, a method of indicating the remaining quantity of a consumable material using LED, which can determine remaining quantity of the consumable material even from a far-away place. The method of indicating the remaining quantity of a consumable material in an image forming apparatus, where the image forming apparatus includes an array of a plurality of LEDs arranged on a body of the image forming apparatus such that a lighting condition of the plurality of LEDs is visible to a user at a remote place from the image forming apparatus, includes a first step of operating the LEDs to turn on or blink in a first lighting pattern according to a status of an operation of the image forming apparatus; and a second step of operating the LEDs to turn on or blink in a second lighting pattern according to a remaining quantity of a consumable material to be used by the image forming apparatus, where the second lighting pattern is different from the first lighting pattern.
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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a device having consumables and a method for notifying the remaining amount of consumables, and more particularly, to an image forming apparatus equipped with an LED (Light Emitting Diode) for notifying the operating state of the device, and a remaining amount of consumables using the LED in the image forming apparatus. Quantity notification method. Background technique [0002] In an image forming apparatus such as a printer and a multifunction peripheral (MFP: Multi Function Peripheral), in order to perform a printing process of transferring an image formed using toner (toner) to paper, it is necessary to monitor the remaining amount of toner and paper. quantity. In addition, in a post-processing section that performs stapling and the like, it is necessary to monitor the remaining amount of staples in order to perform post-processing of binding a bundle of paper into a book using staples. In view of this, convention...
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IPC IPC(8): B41J2/175B41J29/38
CPCG03G15/5016
Inventor 神沢元纪本杉敏久
Owner KONICA MINOLTA INC