Patent ID: 6507409
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printing apparatus that prints an image using a print head based on image data provided by a host apparatus connected to an external apparatus, said apparatus comprising:guarantee-information storage that stores information of guarantee for guaranteeing the performance of said printing apparatus, wherein guarantee-information is information relating to the guaranteed number of the print media being used or the guaranteed performance number of the print head; information obtaining means for obtaining information of use relating to cumulative use of said printing apparatus, and to be compared with the information of guarantee, wherein the information of use is the information relating to the number of print media used for printing or the number of performances of the print head; use-information storage that stores the obtained information of use; and notification means for notifying a user of cumulative use of said printing apparatus in accordance with the information of use and the information of guarantee, when the user instructs a command for confirmation via the host apparatus, wherein said notification means reads information stored in said guarantee-information storage and said use-information storage based on the instruction by the user.