EP2592481A2 - Calculateur de consommation de toner, appareil de formation d'image et procédé de calcul de la consommation de toner - Google Patents

Calculateur de consommation de toner, appareil de formation d'image et procédé de calcul de la consommation de toner Download PDF

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EP2592481A2
EP2592481A2 EP12184247.0A EP12184247A EP2592481A2 EP 2592481 A2 EP2592481 A2 EP 2592481A2 EP 12184247 A EP12184247 A EP 12184247A EP 2592481 A2 EP2592481 A2 EP 2592481A2
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Tatsuya Miyadera
Motohiro Kawanabe
Takeshi Shikama
Izumi Kinoshita
Takuhei Yokoyama
Susumu Miyazaki
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/55—Self-diagnostics; Malfunction or lifetime display
    • G03G15/553—Monitoring or warning means for exhaustion or lifetime end of consumables, e.g. indication of insufficient copy sheet quantity for a job
    • G03G15/556—Monitoring or warning means for exhaustion or lifetime end of consumables, e.g. indication of insufficient copy sheet quantity for a job for toner consumption, e.g. pixel counting, toner coverage detection or toner density measurement
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/50—Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control
    • G03G15/5054—Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control by measuring the characteristics of an intermediate image carrying member or the characteristics of an image on an intermediate image carrying member, e.g. intermediate transfer belt or drum, conveyor belt
    • G03G15/5058—Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control by measuring the characteristics of an intermediate image carrying member or the characteristics of an image on an intermediate image carrying member, e.g. intermediate transfer belt or drum, conveyor belt using a test patch
EP12184247.0A 2011-09-16 2012-09-13 Calculateur de consommation de toner, appareil de formation d'image et procédé de calcul de la consommation de toner Active EP2592481B1 (fr)

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JP2011202566A JP5786583B2 (ja) 2011-09-16 2011-09-16 トナー消費量算出装置、画像形成装置、及びトナー消費量算出方法

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