Communication method, information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and consumable

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of printing, in particular to a communication method, an information processing device, an image forming device and consumables. The communication method is applied to the information processing device and comprises the steps that consumption incremental data is acquired and used for indicating consumption information of consumption materials corresponding to the image forming device to execute a printing task; on the basis of the consumption increment data, accumulated consumption increment data and / or consumption increment state data of a consumption material corresponding to the printing task are / is determined; and transmitting the accumulated consumption increment data and / or the consumption increment state data to the image forming apparatus. According to the communication method disclosed by the invention, the consumption incremental data of the consumable material can be timely and reliably synchronized between the image forming device and the information processing device, so that a user can conveniently know the state information of the consumable material, the stability of printing operation is improved, and meanwhile, the overhead of data and communication is not additionally increased.