Image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorHirotaka Ohshika
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a medium carrying part carrying a continuous medium, an image forming part performing a print process, a cutting part cutting the medium, replacement parts that are expendable and expected to be replaced when reaching its end of life, a usage detection part detecting usages of all of the replacement parts, a controller controlling these parts. The controller determines if one of the replacement parts reaches its end of life during the print process based on the detection result of the usage detection part wherein the one of the replacement parts is defined as a life-end part, and when the life-end part is found, the controller determines whether or not to cut the medium according to a type of the life-end part and selection information input by an operator before the print process starts.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a medium carrying part that carries a continuous medium;
- an image forming part that performs a print process forming a developer image on the medium;
- a cutting part that cuts the medium;
- a plurality of replacement parts that are expendable and expected to be replaced when reaching its end of life;
- a usage detection part that detects usages of all of the replacement parts, providing a detection result;
- a controller that controls the medium carrying part, the image forming part, the cutting part and the usage detection part, wherein
- the controller determines if one of the replacement parts reaches its end of life during the print process based on the detection result of the usage detection part wherein the one of the replacement parts is defined as a life-end part, and
- when the life-end part is found, the controller determines whether or not to cut the medium according to a type of the life-end part and selection information input by an operator before the print process starts.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a medium carrying part that carries a continuous medium;
- an image forming part that performs a print process forming a developer image on the medium;
- a cutting part that cuts the medium;
- a cover that is able to be open and closed;
- a plurality of replacement parts that are expendable and to be replaced while the cover is open;
- a condition detection part that detects conditions of all of the replacement parts, providing a detection result;
- a controller that controls the medium carrying part, the image forming part, the cutting part and the condition detection part, wherein
- when the controller stops printing to replace one of the replacement parts, which is regarded as a replacement target, during the print process, the controller cuts the medium in a case where the medium is positioned closer to the cover than the one of the replacement parts that is the replacement target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.