Image forming apparatus with toner cartridge and the toner...

Details Image forming apparatus with toner cartridge and the toner... Image forming apparatus with toner cartridge and the toner...

2006-03-15

2008-10-21

Chen, Sophia S (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Diagnostics

Consumable

C399S012000, C399S025000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07440705

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image, and a toner cartridge detachably attached to the image forming unit for supplying toner to the image forming unit. The image forming apparatus further includes a toner supply control unit for controlling an amount of toner supplied from the toner cartridge to the image forming unit; a remaining toner amount detection unit for detecting a remaining amount of toner in the image forming unit; an image forming unit used amount detection unit for detecting a used amount of the image forming unit; and a control unit for controlling the toner supply control unit to control the amount of toner in the image forming unit according to a detection result of the remaining toner amount detection unit and a calculation result of the image forming unit used amount detection unit.

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