EP2592481A3 - Toner consumption caculator, image forming apparatus, and toner consumption calculation method - Google Patents
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- EP2592481A3 EP2592481A3 EP12184247.0A EP12184247A EP2592481A3 EP 2592481 A3 EP2592481 A3 EP 2592481A3 EP 12184247 A EP12184247 A EP 12184247A EP 2592481 A3 EP2592481 A3 EP 2592481A3
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- G—PHYSICS
- 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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- G—PHYSICS
- 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
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JP2011202566A JP5786583B2 (en) | 2011-09-16 | 2011-09-16 | Toner consumption calculation device, image forming apparatus, and toner consumption calculation method |
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EP2592481A2 EP2592481A2 (en) | 2013-05-15 |
EP2592481A3 true EP2592481A3 (en) | 2017-06-07 |
EP2592481B1 EP2592481B1 (en) | 2020-03-11 |
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EP (1) | EP2592481B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP5786583B2 (en) |
CN (1) | CN103092042B (en) |
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JP2014095773A (en) | 2012-11-08 | 2014-05-22 | Ricoh Co Ltd | Optical writing control device, image forming apparatus, and optical writing control method |
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US5708919A (en) * | 1995-05-02 | 1998-01-13 | Minolta Co., Ltd. | Imaging forming apparatus for forming images on both surfaces of recording medium |
JP2007174571A (en) * | 2005-12-26 | 2007-07-05 | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | Image forming apparatus and image processing method |
US20100119273A1 (en) * | 2008-11-13 | 2010-05-13 | Kunihiro Komai | Image forming apparatus and method of correcting color image misalignment |
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EP2592481A2 (en) | 2013-05-15 |
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