Patent ID: 11968336
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus configured to operate based on a contract concluded with a contractor related to a consumable for the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising:
a display;
a mounting unit configured to receive the consumable;
a printing unit configured to print an image on a print medium using the mounted consumable; and
a controller configured to:
acquire arrival time information of a first consumable delivered for the printing apparatus based on the contract;
predict a usable amount of the mounted consumable at an arrival time indicated by the acquired arrival time information;
decide an execution mode of maintenance saving for reducing consumption of the mounted consumable in maintenance processing of the printing apparatus based on the predicted usable amount predicted; and
display on the display, a first confirmation screen for confirming execution or non-execution of the maintenance saving,

wherein in a case where the execution or the non-execution of the maintenance saving is selected in the first confirmation screen on the display, the controller is further configured to cause the first confirmation screen not be to subsequently displayed after the execution or the non-execution of the maintenance saving is selected in the first confirmation screen regardless of a subsequent prediction result from a prediction.