Identifying state of cartridge from the result of scanning the print
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJungil Seo, Haengnan Kim
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Abstract
An example image forming apparatus includes a print module, a scanning module, a processor, and a memory to store at least one instruction executable by the processor. The processor is to execute the at least one instructions to obtain remaining amount information about the remaining amount of the toner or ink, control the print module to output a first printout using print data, control the scanning module to obtain a printout image by scanning the first printout, identify a quality of the first printout based on the output image and the print data, and obtain cartridge status information based on the identified quality of the first output and the remaining amount information.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a cartridge containing toner or ink;
- a print module;
- a scanning module;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory to store at least one instruction executable by the processor,
- wherein the processor is to execute the at least one instruction to:
- obtain remaining amount information about a remaining amount of the toner or ink;
- control the print module to output a first printout using print data;
- control the scanning module to obtain a printout image by scanning the first printout;
- identify a quality of the first printout based on the printout image and the print data;
- and
- obtain cartridge status information based on the identified quality of the first printout and the remaining amount information.
An operating method of an image forming apparatus, the operating method comprising:
- obtaining remaining amount information about a remaining amount of toner or ink;
- outputting a first printout using print data;
- obtaining a printout image by scanning the first printout;
- identifying a quality of the first printout based on the printout image and the print data;
- and
- obtaining cartridge status information based on the identified quality of the first printout and the remaining amount information.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor of an image forming apparatus, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:
- an instruction to obtain remaining amount information regarding a remaining amount of toner or ink contained in a cartridge;
- an instruction to output a first printout using print data;
- an instruction to obtain a printout image by scanning the first printout;
- an instruction to identify a quality of the first printout based on the printout image and the print data;
- and
- an instruction to obtain cartridge status information based on the identified quality of the first printout and the remaining amount information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.