Patent ID: 8836996
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B41J,G03G,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a residual amount detection unit that detects a residual amount of each disposable product that is accommodated in a plurality of disposable product accommodation units each of which accommodates a plurality of kinds of disposable products; a residual amount information acquisition unit that acquires residual amount information showing a residual amount of the disposable products from the residual amount detection unit; a determination unit that determines whether there are the disposable products in which a residual amount is disproportionately small in the plural kinds of disposable products, based on the residual amount information acquired by the residual amount information acquisition unit; a weight value setting unit that sets a weight value used for weighting so that the weighting for calculating the processing amount of the image forming processing corresponding to setting conditions not using the disposable products determined as having a disproportionately small residual amount is relatively smaller than the weighting corresponding to other setting conditions, among the setting conditions of the image forming processing in limitation processing that limits the executed image forming processing to a predetermined processing amount set in advance, if the determination unit determines that the disposable products in which the residual amount is disproportionately small are present; a display control unit that displays the set weight value on a screen when the weight value is set by the weight value setting unit; a storage control unit that stores information regarding a usage situation of the image forming apparatus of a user in a predetermined storage region in association with identification information of the user; an identification information acquisition unit that acquires the identification information of the user; and a usage situation acquisition unit that acquires information regarding the usage situation of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit from the predetermined storage region, wherein the determination unit determines whether the usage situation of the user whose identification information is acquired satisfies a predetermined condition, and the weight value setting unit sets the user weight value that is a uniformly applied weight value at the time of calculating the processing amount of the user, when it is determined that the usage situation satisfies the predetermined condition by the determination unit.