Image forming apparatus having developer collection container

Details Image forming apparatus having developer collection container Image forming apparatus having developer collection container

1998-09-17

1999-06-01

Brase, Sandra

Electrophotography

Diagnostics

Cleaning

G03G 2112

Patent

active

059096047

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes: a developer collection container for collecting a waste developer; a developer amount detector for detecting an amount of the waste developer in the developer collection container; a first cumulative print counter for counting a total number of prints produced during a period between a release of a filled state detection and a subsequent filled state detection, detected by the developer amount detector; and a judging device for judging whether or not the developer collection container is emptied according to the total number of prints counted by the first cumulative print counter.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4982231 (1991-01-01), Matsuuchi
patent: 5822646 (1998-10-01), Kinoshita et al.

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