Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus transmitting request to cancel agreement for another image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17525455Application Date: 2021-11-12
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Publication No.: US11619901B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Shinsuke Kaigawa
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2020-197596 20201127
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18 ; G06F3/12 ; G06Q10/087 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
In an image forming apparatus, a consumable is mounted in the main casing. The consumable includes a consumable memory. A controller performs a consumable determination process to determine based on type information stored in a consumable memory whether the consumable mounted in the main casing is a special consumable. The controller performs a transmission process in a case where the consumable determination process determines that the consumable mounted in the main casing is the special consumable. The transmission process transmits via the communication interface a request to an external device which communicates with the image forming apparatus. The request is to cancel an agreement which is concluded for another image forming apparatus as a contract subject. The another image forming apparatus is different from the image forming apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220171318A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TRANSMITTING REQUEST TO CANCEL AGREEMENT FOR ANOTHER IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-06-02
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