Patent ID: 9568876
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A damage amount determination device used for an image forming device that forms an image on paper, the damage amount determination device comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires information related to whiteness of the paper used for printing; and a damage amount determination unit that determines an amount of damage, which is caused by the paper to a predetermined component of the image forming device when the paper passes through the predetermined component, based on the information related to the whiteness, wherein the information related to the whiteness is the whiteness of the paper, and the damage amount determination unit determines that when the whiteness of the paper is lower than a predetermined value, the amount of damage caused by the paper to the predetermined component is relatively small and, when the whiteness of the paper is higher than or equal to the predetermined value, the amount of damage caused by the paper to the predetermined component is relatively large.