Image forming apparatus, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaiki Tachi
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Abstract
Component information about a component of an image forming apparatus is acquired before the component is replaced, and the component information is held by a storage unit. This enables necessary component information to be output even in the case where the component has been replaced.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a printer;
- a storage device;
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor executing the instructions causing the image forming apparatus to:
- receive a print instruction to print component information indicating a use state of a component of the image forming apparatus,
- determine whether print processing according to the print instruction is executable with the printer,
- perform control to cause the printer to print the component information according to the print instruction in a case where it is determined that the print processing is executable, and
- perform control to cause the storage device to hold the component information without performing printing in a case where it is determined that the print processing is inexecutable.
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus that includes a printer and a storage device, the method comprising:
- receiving a print instruction to print component information indicating a use state of a component of the image forming apparatus;
- determining whether print processing according to the print instruction is executable with the printer;
- performing control to cause the printer o print the component information according to the print instruction in a case where it is determined that the print processing is executable;
- and
- performing control to cause the storage device to hold the component information without performing printing in a case where it is determined that the print processing is inexecutable.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for making a computer execute a control method for an image forming apparatus that includes a printer and a storage device, the control method comprising:
- receiving a print instruction to print component information indicating a use state of a component of the image forming apparatus;
- determining whether print processing according to the print instruction is executable with the printer;
- performing control to cause the printer to print the component information according to the print instruction in a case where it is determined that the print processing is executable;
- and
- performing control to cause the storage device to hold the component information without performing printing in a case where it is determined that the print processing is inexecutable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.