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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110293295 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a first unit including means contributable to image formation; a second unit constituting a pair with the first unit and including means contributable to the image formation; a detecting device for detecting a degree of use of each of... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110013916 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS UNIT CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD OF MANAGING REPLACEMENT LIFE OF PROCESS UNIT CARTRIDGE An image forming apparatus includes: a process unit cartridge including an IC chip memory configured to store a set value table in which a set value as the replacement life of a process unit cartridge and a present value as the number of times of reuse are stored; a rea... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20090324261 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided with an image forming portion for forming an image according to image information; an image forming unit arranged to be detachable and integrally including the image forming portion; a developer container arranged to be detachable ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090016744 | ABNORMAL USAGE DETECTION A method and system compare actual consumable usage (e.g., toner usage) with expected consumable usage in a xerographic machine, such as a printer or copier. Expected toner usage may be predicted from pixel count (area coverage) and actual usage is obtained from monitor... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080304837 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD THEREOF An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which comprises a cartridge having a toner therein to form an image and a controller to control the image forming unit to increase a density of the image to be formed, if it is determined that a standard of the ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080273883 | CONSUMABLE UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME A consumable unit and an image forming apparatus for controlling a consumable includes a first memory that stores consumable item information regarding the consumable and provides the consumable item information through password authentication, and a second memory that ... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080181625 | Reserve life run-on feature for customer replaceable units A printer includes at least one replaceable module which is removable from the printer. A processor discontinues an operation of the printer when the processor determines that an end of life value for the replaceable module is reached unless an appropriate identifier is... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080063415 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes first and second image forming units each including a charging device and a development device using a developer including a mixture of toner and carrier, a transfer device for serially transferring toner images onto a transfer medium... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080031642 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises: an electroconductive support; and a photosensitive layer on the electroconductive support, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a functional layer, the functional layer comprising: a compound having a triple bond and... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080019720 | CHARGING-ROLLER BEARING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A first bearing member and a second bearing member fit in a first side and a second side of a rotating shaft in the axial direction, respectively. The first bearing member is held by a supporting portion provided in a casing on a side corresponding to an emplacing membe... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070122166 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system Process units, a transfer unit, a belt cleaning unit, a secondary transfer unit and a fixing unit each include a storage unit that stores therein information on the operation amount thereof measured by a controller as operation record with respect to each unit. The cont... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070047980 | Machine vision counting system apparatus and method A machine-vision-based counter includes an image acquisition component (imager), wherein light provides discrimination between a background field and imageable units located away from the imager The imager outputs data representing the field and units; an image processo... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060291876 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, in which a consumption article can be attached to and detached from a main body, has a device that makes an access to a memory provided on the consumption article, a device that determines whether or not an access failure has occurred during ... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060285859 | Backup of replaceable device information in an image-forming apparatus A backup system, apparatus and method to provide a backup of information associated with replaceable devices in an image forming apparatus, such as a color printer. The information may include information representing use of the replaceable devices. The image forming ap... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060062583 | Image formation unit, image forming apparatus, and method of recycling image formation unit An image formation unit detached to an image forming apparatus integrally mounts at least one replacement member, and a nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory stores recycle information related to the replacement member to be used when the image formation unit is re... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060045549 | Image forming apparatus and storage thereof An image forming apparatus manages information regarding the lifetimes of a plurality of photosensitive media or developing units using a single storage. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive unit comprising a photosensitive medium, a developing unit com... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060034627 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively recycling image forming unit An image forming apparatus which allows an independent and easy replacement of replaceable image forming devices includes an image forming unit detachably provided in the image forming apparatus. The image forming unit include a housing, a plurality of replaceable devic... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20050078971 | Image forming apparatus, unit of image forming apparatus and information control method of image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a main body storing portion provided at the main body, a unit attachable to the main body, a unit storing portion provided at the unit, a reading section to read first information in the unit storing portion to the main b... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050069334 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of printing units each having an image bearing member for rotation about an axis and a process member which cooperates with the image bearing member in an image forming process; a transfer member for moving in contact with... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050008377 | Image forming apparatus and cartridge detachably mountable thereto An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device for forming an image on a recording material, wherein at least a part of the image forming means is in the form of a unit which is detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus, the apparatus include... | 01/13/2005 |
