Patent ID: 9086649
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus configured to form an image using a recording material stored in a storage unit, the image forming apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to, when the storage unit is mounted in the image forming apparatus, acquire first information for calculating a remaining amount of the recording material in the storage unit and second information indicating that the remaining amount of the recording material in the storage unit is less than a predetermined value; a calculation unit configured to calculate the remaining amount of the recording material in the storage unit based on the first information; and a setting unit configured to, in a case where the value calculated by the calculation unit is less than the predetermined value and the acquisition unit has not acquired the second information, set the predetermined value or a value a predetermined amount greater than the predetermined value as an initial value of the remaining amount of the recording material in the storage unit.