Image forming apparatus mounted with replaceable unit, image forming system, and method of controlling image forming apparatus
Abstract
In the case of being mounted with any cartridge other than a genuine cartridge, which accomodates a toner other than a genuine toner, a user can select as an operation mode other than that corresponding to a genuine toner, through a UI device (18), making a correction to the consumption of a developer by combining conditions to be changed, such as increasing or decreasing the degree of a change (gradient) in a set value of the toner density with respect to the consumption of a developer (m1 or m2); increasing or decreasing a limit value (m1 or m2); varying an initial value (consumption=0) (m3); no making a change in a set value according to the consumption (m4); and not making a change in a set value according to the consumption, for example, by varying an initial value (m5).

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- 1598708
- Application
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Titles3
- German
- Bilderzeugungsgerät mit austauschbarer Einheit, Bilderzeugungssystem, und Kontrollverfahren für ein Bilderzeugungsgerät.
- English
- Image forming apparatus mounted with replaceable unit, image forming system, and method of controlling image forming apparatus
- French
- Appareil de formation des images avec une unité échangeable, système de formation des images, et procéde de commande d'un appareil de formation des images.
Classification
- CPC, 6
- G03G15/553
- H04Q9/04
- G03G15/55
- G03G15/556
- G08B21/24
- H04Q2209/40
- IPC, 1
- G03G15 00
Designated states36
- Contracting states, 30
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Poland
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- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 6
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Latvia
- North Macedonia
- Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro (until 2006)