IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER TO ORDER NEW DRUM CARTRIDGE TOGETHER WITH NEW TONER CARTRIDGE

An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; a drum cartridge and a toner cartridge those attachable to the main body; a main memory; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: determining a number of sheets printable using the toner cartridge attached to the main body; determin...

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Hauptverfasser: KYOTANI, Tadao, SUZUKI, Takashi, FUJIWARA, Shingo
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; a drum cartridge and a toner cartridge those attachable to the main body; a main memory; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: determining a number of sheets printable using the toner cartridge attached to the main body; determining a number of sheets printable using the drum cartridge attached to the main body; determining a number of sheets printable using a new toner cartridge; and when determining that a sum of the number of sheets printable using the toner cartridge attached to the main body and the number of sheets printable using a new toner cartridge is greater than or equal to the number of sheets printable using the drum cartridge attached to the main body, transmitting to a server a signal for ordering a new drum cartridge together with a new toner cartridge.