Patent ID: 9176451
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for executing printing on a sheet using a recording material, comprising: a prediction unit configured to predict a remaining amount of the recording material based on a dot count value; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a remaining amount of the recording material which is identified by a remaining-amount sensor; a notification unit configured to notify a user of a remaining amount of the recording material; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a storage unit for storing the recording material is a predetermined type of storage unit; and a control unit configured to control the notification unit to notify a user of a remaining amount of the recording material using both of the remaining amount predicted by the prediction unit and the remaining amount acquired by the acquisition unit in a case where the determining unit determines that the storage unit is the predetermined type of storage unit, and control the notification unit to notify a user of a remaining amount of the recording material using the remaining amount acquired by the acquisition unit without using the remaining amount predicted by the prediction unit in a case where the determining unit determines that the storage unit is not the predetermined type of storage unit.