Image forming apparatus to allow a user to check a cartridge replacement procedure
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSo Yokomizo
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus, to form an image on a recording material using a recording agent supplied from a container detachably mounted to the image forming apparatus, includes a cover configured to cover a region in which the container is stored. A display instruction is received from a user to display a procedure for replacing the container. A display unit is caused to display the container replacing procedure based on receiving the display instruction. In a case where it is determined that the container replacing procedure is displayed on the display unit, performing control includes performing control to prevent a notification, prompting the user to close the cover, from being issued even if the cover is opened.
Claims19
An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording material using a recording agent supplied from a container detachably attached to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a cover configured to be opened by a user for detaching the attached container and to be closed by the user to cover modules that include the attached container;
- a memory;
- and
- a controller including a processor, wherein the controller is configured to perform operations including:
- notifying the user to close the cover in a case that the cover is open in a situation where any error does not occur that requires the cover to be opened to recover from the error in the modules covered by the cover and the recording agent is remaining in the attached container;
- and
- causing the memory to store identification information of a screen being displayed on a display unit,
- wherein the controller does not notify, on a basis that the identification information stored in the memory is predetermined identification information, the user to close the cover at least during a period between opening the cover to detach the attached container and detaching the attached container in the situation where any error does not occur that requires the cover to be opened to recover from the error in the modules covered by the cover and the recording agent is remaining in the attached container.
A method for an image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording material using a recording agent supplied from a container detachably attached to the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a cover configured to be opened by a user for detaching the attached container and to be closed by the user to cover modules that include the attached container, the method comprising:
- storing identification information indicating a screen being displayed on a display unit in a memory;
- and
- notifying the user to close the cover in a case that the cover is open in a situation where any error does not occur that requires the cover to be opened to recover from the error in the modules covered by the cover and the recording agent is remaining in the attached container,
- wherein the controller does not notify, on a basis that the identification information stored in the memory is predetermined identification information, the user to close the cover at least during a period between opening the cover to detach the attached container and detaching the attached container in the situation where any error does not occur that requires the cover to be opened to recover from the error in the modules covered by the cover and the recording agent is remaining in the attached container.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to cause a computer to perform a method for an image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording material using a recording agent supplied from a container detachably attached to the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a cover configured to be opened by a user for detaching the attached container and to be closed by the user to cover modules that include the attached container, the method comprising:
- storing identification information indicating a screen being displayed on a display unit in a memory;
- and
- notifying the user to close the cover in a case that the cover is open in a situation where any error does not occur that requires the cover to be opened to recover from the error in the modules covered by the cover and the recording agent is remaining in the attached container,
- wherein the controller does not notify, on a basis that the identification information stored in the memory is predetermined identification information, the user to close the cover at least during a period between opening the cover to detach the attached container and detaching the attached container in the situation where any error does not occur that requires the cover to be opened to recover from the error in the modules covered by the cover and the recording agent is remaining in the attached container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.