Title:
IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2018184251
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine appropriately whether paper supply is necessary or not.SOLUTION: An image forming device 100 includes a feeding cassette 12, a reception part 501, an acquisition part 502, a determination part 503, and a notification part 504. The feeding cassette 12 accommodates paper P. The reception part 501 receives an instruction of a print job JB from a plurality of first smartphones 200. The acquisition part 502 acquires a terminal distance LT indicating a distance from the first smartphone 200 to the image forming device 100 and the number of remaining sheets NR of the paper P accommodated in the feeding cassette 12. The determination part 503 determines whether or not to replenish the sheet P to the feeding cassette 12 on the basis of the number of printed sheets NP of the print job JB, the terminal distance LT, and the number of remaining sheets NR. The notification part 504 notifies an administrator of the image forming device 100 of the fact that the sheet P needs to be replenished to the feeding cassette 12 when the determination part 503 determines that it is necessary to replenish the sheet P to the feeding cassette 12.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Inventors:
EGAMI RYO
Application Number:
JP2017086391A
Publication Date:
November 22, 2018
Filing Date:
April 25, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC
International Classes:
B65H1/00; B41J29/00; B41J29/38; B65H7/04; G03G15/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroyuki Maei