Image forming apparatus and image forming system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMASAHIRO SUETSUGU, SHINICHI NISHIDA
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMASAHIRO SUETSUGU, SHINICHI NISHIDA
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When a remaining toner amount of an accommodating portion corresponding to an output value before first toner supply is a first remaining toner amount, a remaining toner amount of the accommodating portion based on a toner filling amount in the accommodating portion in an unused state and image information of an image printed from a time of the unused state to a predetermined timing is a second remaining toner amount, a condition that the first remaining toner amount is larger than the second remaining toner amount is a first condition, and a condition that the first remaining toner amount is smaller than the second remaining toner amount is a second condition, the controller sets a discrimination threshold so that the toner container used for the first toner supply is easily discriminated as the first toner container in the first condition is than in the second condition.
An image forming apparatus to which a plurality of toner containers including a first toner container in which toner in a first toner amount is accommodated and a second toner container in which toner in a second toner amount is accommodated are mountable, the image forming apparatus comprising:
An image forming apparatus to which a toner container is mountable, the image forming apparatus comprising:
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