- Patent Title: Image formation apparatus and image formation part selection method
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Application No.: US16812347Application Date: 2020-03-08
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Publication No.: US10852663B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Hirofumi Nakajima , Yasuhiro Suda
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporatio
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporatio
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Metrolex IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2019-061855 20190327
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image formation apparatus according to one or more embodiment may include: image formation parts each including a developer image development part, a developer container that accommodates a developer, and a deteriorated developer container that accommodates a deteriorated developer discharged from the developer image development part; a collection part that collects a value based on a history of printing rates of each of the image formation parts; a printing rate calculator that calculates a printing rate of a received print data; and an image formation part selector that selects, based on the value based on the history of printing rates of each of the image formation parts collected by the collection part and the printing rate of the received printed data calculated by the printing rate calculator, one of the image formation parts, to be used for performing printing of the received print data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200310284A1 IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION PART SELECTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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