ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,996, issued on May 27, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus and image forming method" was invented by Masahiro Matsuo (Kokubunji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a first hardware processor that, when receiving an execution command of a job related to formation of an image on a continuous recording medium, calculates a consumption amount of a recording agent on a basis of information of the job; and a second hardware processor that determines whether the recording agent is sufficient on a basis of the consumption amount, wherein in a case where the second hardw...