Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorHiroyuki MIYAI
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a toner supply section, an image forming section, a touch panel, a determination section, and a display controller. The determination section determines whether a toner container attached to the toner supply section is a first container or a second container which differs from the first container. The display controller determines specific information corresponding to a use rate of the second replacement component and displays the specific information on the display. The specific information is information relating to the replacement component. The use rate indicates a proportion of the number of second containers each used as a toner container.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an attachment portion to which a replacement component containing a consumable item is to be attached;
- an image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium through consumption of the consumable item;
- a display;
- a determination section configured to determine whether the replacement component attached to the attachment portion is a first replacement component or a second replacement component which differs from the first replacement component;
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- a display controller configured to determine specific information corresponding to a use rate of the second replacement component and display the specific information on the display, the specific information being information relating to the replacement component, wherein
- the use rate indicates a proportion of the second replacement component used as the replacement component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.