CN-119356631-B - Recording material estimation method, information processing device and consumable

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a recording material estimation method, an information processing device and a consumable, wherein the method comprises the steps of obtaining first consumption information of recording materials corresponding to n job types corresponding to the consumable, wherein the first consumption information is used for determining consumption information of the recording materials consumed by the output pages of the corresponding job types, obtaining second consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types, wherein the second consumption information is used for determining consumption information of the recording materials consumed by the corresponding job types except the recording materials consumed by the output pages, and determining total consumption information of the recording materials in the consumable according to the first consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types and the second consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types. This approach can improve the estimation accuracy of the recording material.

Inventors

• WANG BO
• ZHANG HAO
• NING DAN
• TIAN YI

Assignees

• 珠海奔图电子有限公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20240919

Priority Date

20230926

Claims (20)

1. 1. A recording material estimation method, characterized by being applied to an image forming apparatus in which a consumable is detachably mounted, comprising: acquiring first consumption information of recording materials corresponding to n job types respectively corresponding to the consumable, wherein the first consumption information is used for determining information of consumption of the recording materials consumed by the output pages of the corresponding job types, and the first consumption information is accumulated consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types updated after the current output job is completed; Acquiring second consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types respectively, wherein the second consumption information is used for determining information of consumption of the recording materials consumed by the corresponding job types except the recording materials consumed by the output page numbers, the second consumption information is determined based on the acquired output page number information corresponding to the n job types respectively, and the output page number information is accumulated output page number information corresponding to the n job types updated after the current output job is completed; and determining the total consumption information of the recording materials in the consumable according to the first consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types and the second consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types.
2. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring the second consumption information of the recording materials respectively corresponding to the n job types includes: Acquiring the number of completed operations corresponding to the n operation types respectively; Acquiring preset additional consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types respectively, wherein the additional consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to any one job type is determined based on the consumption amount of the recording materials consumed except the recording materials consumed by the output page number of the single job corresponding to the job type when the output job of the job type is carried out once; and determining second consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types according to the preset additional consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types respectively and the completed job times corresponding to the n job types respectively.
3. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the obtaining the number of completed jobs respectively corresponding to the n job types includes: acquiring output page number information corresponding to the n job types respectively; And determining the number of completed jobs corresponding to the n job types according to the acquired output page number information corresponding to the n job types and the single job output page numbers corresponding to the n job types.
4. 4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, before the acquiring the first consumption information of the recording materials respectively corresponding to the n job types corresponding to the consumable: Initial first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the n job types corresponding to the consumable and initial output page number information corresponding to the n job types corresponding to the consumable are obtained.
5. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein before determining the total consumption information of the recording material in the consumable according to the first consumption information of the recording material respectively corresponding to the n job types and the second consumption information of the recording material respectively corresponding to the n job types, further comprises: The method comprises the steps of sending page number increment information corresponding to current output operation and first consumption increment information of recording materials corresponding to current output operation to the consumable; the page number increment information corresponding to the current output job comprises output page number information corresponding to the current output job; the first consumption increment information includes information of the consumption amount of the recording material consumed by the number of pages output by the current output job.
6. 6. A method according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the acquiring first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to each of the n job types corresponding to the consumable comprises: after the current output operation is completed, acquiring first consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n operation types from the consumable; the obtaining the output page number information corresponding to the n job types corresponding to the consumable comprises the following steps: after the current output operation is completed, the output page number information corresponding to the n operation types is obtained from the consumable.
7. 7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising, before determining the total consumption information of the recording material in the consumable according to the first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the n job types and the second consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the n job types, respectively: Determining whether the consumable meets expectations according to first consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types respectively, initial first consumption information corresponding to the n job types respectively, first consumption increment information and page number increment information; Or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be, Determining whether the consumable meets expectations according to the output page number information respectively corresponding to the n job types, the initial output page number information respectively corresponding to the n job types and the page number increment information; Or alternatively, the first and second heat exchangers may be, Determining whether the consumable meets expectations according to first consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types, initial first consumption information corresponding to the n job types, first consumption increment information, output page number information corresponding to the n job types, initial output page number information corresponding to the n job types and page number increment information; The determining the total consumption information of the recording materials in the consumable according to the first consumption information of the recording materials respectively corresponding to the n job types and the second consumption information of the recording materials respectively corresponding to the n job types comprises: If the consumable meets the expectations, determining total consumption information of the recording materials in the consumable according to the first consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types and the second consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types.
8. 8. A method of estimating a recording material, the method comprising: The method comprises the steps of sending output page number information corresponding to n job types and first consumption information of recording materials corresponding to the n job types to image forming equipment, wherein the output page number information is accumulated output page number information corresponding to n job types updated after the current output job is completed, and the first consumption information is accumulated consumption information of recording materials corresponding to n job types updated after the current output job is completed and is used for determining consumption of the recording materials consumed by the output page numbers of the corresponding job types; the output page number information of the n types of jobs respectively corresponding to the output page number information and the first consumption information of the recording materials respectively corresponding to the n types of jobs are used for determining the total consumption information of the recording materials in the consumable, n is an integer greater than 1, and the output page numbers of the single jobs respectively corresponding to the n types of jobs are different.
9. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the outputted page number information corresponding to each of the n job types and/or the first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to each of the n job types is further used to determine whether the consumable meets the expectations.
10. 10. The method according to claim 8, wherein before the output page number information for each of n job types and the first consumption information for the recording material for each of n job types are transmitted to the image forming apparatus, the method further comprises: Page number increment information corresponding to the current output job and first consumption increment information of recording materials corresponding to the current output job sent by the image forming device are received.
11. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining output page number information corresponding to each of the n job types based on the received page number increment information.
12. 12. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to each of the n job types based on the received first consumption increment information and page number increment information.
13. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining the output page number information corresponding to the n job types, respectively, according to the received page number increment information, comprises: Determining a first job type corresponding to the page number increment information according to the received page number increment information; Acquiring initial output page number information corresponding to the first job type or associated information corresponding to the initial output page number information; And determining the outputted page number information corresponding to the first job type according to the page number increment information and the initial outputted page number information corresponding to the first job type, or determining the outputted page number information corresponding to the first job type according to the page number increment information and the associated information of the initial outputted page number information corresponding to the first job type.
14. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the obtaining initial output page number information corresponding to the first job type or association information corresponding to the initial output page number information comprises: And acquiring initial output page number information corresponding to the first job type or associated information corresponding to the initial output page number information from a first preset storage device, wherein the first preset storage device is arranged on an information processing device with a corresponding relation with the consumable or an external device connected with the information processing device.
15. 15. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining the first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to each of the n job types according to the received first consumption increment information and the page number increment information includes: Determining a first job type corresponding to the page number increment information according to the received page number increment information; acquiring initial first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the first job type or associated information corresponding to the initial first consumption information; Determining first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the first job type according to the first consumption increment information and initial first consumption information corresponding to the first job type, or determining first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the first job type according to association information of the first consumption increment information and initial first consumption information corresponding to the first job type.
16. 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the acquiring initial first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the first job type or association information corresponding to the initial first consumption information includes: and acquiring initial first consumption information corresponding to the n job types or associated information corresponding to the initial first consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types from a second preset storage device, wherein the second preset storage device is arranged on an information processing device corresponding to the consumable or an external device connected with the information processing device.
17. 17. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining the output page number information corresponding to the n job types, respectively, according to the received page number increment information, comprises: Determining a first job type corresponding to the page number increment information according to the received page number increment information; acquiring associated information of initial output page number information corresponding to the first job type; converting the associated information of the initial output page number information corresponding to the first job type into initial output page number information according to a preset first algorithm; And updating the converted initial output page number information according to the page number increment information to obtain the output page number information corresponding to the first job type.
18. 18. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining the output page number information corresponding to the n job types, respectively, according to the received page number increment information, comprises: Determining a first job type corresponding to the page number increment information according to the received page number increment information; acquiring associated information of initial output page number information corresponding to the first job type; Converting the received page number increment information into associated information corresponding to the page number increment information according to a preset second algorithm; updating the associated information of the initial output page number information of the first job type according to the associated information corresponding to the page number increment information to obtain the associated information of the output page number information corresponding to the first job type; and obtaining the outputted page number information corresponding to the first job type according to the associated information of the outputted page number information corresponding to the first job type.
19. 19. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining the first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to each of the n job types according to the received first consumption increment information and the page number increment information includes: Determining a first job type corresponding to the page number increment information according to the received page number increment information; acquiring associated information of initial first consumption information corresponding to the first job type; Converting the associated information of the initial first consumption information corresponding to the first job type into initial first consumption information according to a preset third algorithm; And updating the converted initial first consumption information according to the first consumption increment information to obtain the first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the first job type.
20. 20. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining the first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to each of the n job types according to the received first consumption increment information and the page number increment information includes: Determining a first job type corresponding to the page number increment information according to the received page number increment information; Acquiring associated information of initial first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the first job type; Converting the received first consumption increment information corresponding to the current output operation into associated information corresponding to the first consumption increment information according to a preset fourth algorithm; Updating the associated information of the initial first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the first job type according to the associated information corresponding to the first consumption increment information to obtain the associated information of the first consumption information of the recording material corresponding to the first job type; And obtaining the first consumption information corresponding to the first job type according to the association information of the first consumption information.

Description

Recording material estimation method, information processing device and consumable The present invention claims priority from the chinese patent application filed at 26, 9, 2023, under application No. 202311256350.X, entitled "method, apparatus, storage medium and device for estimating recording material", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field The present application relates to the field of printing technology, and in particular, to a recording material estimation method, an information processing apparatus, and a consumable. Background An image forming apparatus is an apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium by an image forming principle, such as a printer, a copier, a facsimile machine, a multi-function image forming and copying device, an electrostatic printing device, and any other similar device. The image forming apparatus is generally detachably provided with a consumable material by which a recording material is supplied during image formation of the image forming apparatus. For example, for a laser printer, the corresponding consumable may be a toner cartridge, the recording material in the toner cartridge being toner, and for an inkjet printer, the corresponding consumable may be an ink cartridge, the recording material in the ink cartridge being toner or ink. In order to facilitate management of consumables, consumable chips are generally provided on consumables, and when the consumables are installed in an image forming apparatus, the consumable chips can perform information interaction with the image forming apparatus. The consumable allowance data is one of key data of the consumable and is used for reflecting the residual quantity or the residual proportion of the recording materials in the consumable. The prior art uses a fixed recording material consumption amount for single page printing to estimate the recording material consumption amount of the consumable. For example, according to the past general experience calculation, the average printing of one page consumes a gram of recording material, then the direct setting of the single page in the printing process consumes a gram of recording material, then printing one page consumes a gram of recording material, printing 10 pages consumes 10a grams of recording material, printing 100 pages consumes 100a grams of recording material, and so on. However, this estimation method is prone to generate large errors, which causes bad experience for users. Disclosure of Invention In view of the above, the present application provides a method for estimating a recording material, an information processing apparatus, and a consumable material, so as to solve the problems of inaccurate estimation of the recording material and reduced user experience in the prior art. In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a recording material estimation method applied to an image forming apparatus in which a consumable is detachably mounted, the method including: acquiring first consumption information of recording materials corresponding to n job types respectively corresponding to the consumable, wherein the first consumption information is used for determining information of consumption of the recording materials consumed by the output pages of the corresponding job types; Acquiring second consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types respectively, wherein the second consumption information is used for determining information of consumption amounts of the recording materials consumed by the corresponding job types except the recording materials consumed by the output page numbers; and determining the total consumption information of the recording materials in the consumable according to the first consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types and the second consumption information of the recording materials corresponding to the n job types. In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for estimating a recording material, the method including: Transmitting the output page number information respectively corresponding to n job types and the first consumption information of the recording materials respectively corresponding to the n job types to the image forming device; the output page number information of the n types of jobs respectively corresponding to the output page number information and the first consumption information of the recording materials respectively corresponding to the n types of jobs are used for determining the total consumption information of the recording materials in the consumable, n is an integer greater than 1, and the output page numbers of the single jobs respectively corresponding to the n types of jobs are different. In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an image forming apparatus in which a consumable is detachably m