US Patent Issued to Konica Minolta on March 11 for "Image forming apparatus, cost calculation method, and recording medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,265, issued on March 11, was assigned to Konica Minolta Inc. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus, cost calculation method, and recording medium" was invented by Tetsu Kawasaki (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus, including: an image former that forms an image on continuous form paper; and a hardware processor that calculates a paper cost for a print job of the continuous form paper, on the basis of a distance of the continuous form paper conveyed from a start to an end of the print job."

The patent was filed on May 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/316,341.

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