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US 8,135,289 B2Granted
Image formation apparatus, image formation system and component
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorToshimitsu Morimoto
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Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes a receiving unit that is removably receiving a component, a determination unit that determines the acceptability of the component received in the receiving unit, and a control unit that, if the determination unit does not confirm the acceptability of the component, provides a notification and stops at least a portion of the image forming function at a predetermined time, after providing the notification.
Claims9
An image formation apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit that removably receives a component;
- a determination unit that determines the acceptability of the component that is received in the receiving unit;
- and
- a control unit that, if the determination unit does not confirm the acceptability of the component, provides a notification and stops at least a portion of an image forming function at a predetermined time, wherein
- the control unit stops at least a portion of the function after at least one event selected from the group consisting of an elapse of a certain time interval;
- and the printing of a certain number of sheets, after providing the notification.
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An image formation system comprising:
- a component;
- an image formation apparatus that receives the component;
- the component including an identification-information unit provided with information for use in determining the acceptability of the component to the image formation apparatus;
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- the image formation apparatus including,
- a receiving unit that removably receives the component,
- an extraction unit that extracts the information from the identification-information unit when the component is received in the receiving unit,
- a determination unit that determines the acceptability of the component based on the information extracted by the extraction unit, and
- a control unit that provides a notification and, stops at least a portion of the image forming function at a predetermined time, if the determination unit does not confirm the acceptability of the component, wherein
- the control unit stops at least a portion of the function after an event selected from the group consisting of:
- an elapse of a certain time interval;
- and the printing of a certain number of sheets, after providing the notification.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.