Patent ID: 6027200
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A41H,B41J,D06P,H04N

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus applied to an image forming system utilizing an expendable in recording, said apparatus comprising:means for receiving image data corresponding to a predetermined image, the predetermined image being an image to be repeatedly recorded in a recording process on a single recording medium to form an image;means for obtaining a number of dots forming the predetermined image on the basis of the received image data;recording control means for repeatedly recording the predetermined image on the single recording medium based on the received image data, the expendable being consumed in the recording process; andmeans for estimating a consumption amount of the expendable to be consumed during recording of the image by said recording control means in the recording process,wherein said estimating means (1) estimates a partial consumption amount of the expendable corresponding to the predetermined image by multiplying the obtained number of dots for forming the predetermined image by an ink amount per dot and (2) estimates the consumption amount of the expendable by multiplying the estimated partial consumption amount by a number of repetitions of said recording control means to form the image on the single recording medium.