Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Processing apparatus, medium storing program executable by processing apparatus, and printing material ordering system
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Application No.: US16716764Application Date: 2019-12-17
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Publication No.: US11023193B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Masafumi Miyazawa
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Scully Scott Murphy and Presser
- Priority: JPJP2018-244127 20181227
- Main IPC: G06F15/00
- IPC: G06F15/00 ; G06F3/12 ; G06K1/00

Abstract:
A processing apparatus for a print unit configured to print an image by using a printing material includes a processor configured to determine a value related to a remaining amount of the printing material in the print unit, output printing material information based on the determined value related to the remaining amount, and determine whether a replenishment printing material is ordered. The processor is configured to determine an order time to order the replenishment printing material by using the value related to the remaining amount of the printing material, and output the printing material information at a shorter interval before the replenishment printing material is ordered than after the replenishment printing material is ordered.
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