.~ Responsive to number of copies or passage of time
DEFINITION
Classification: 399/43
Responsive to number of copies or passage of time:
(under subclass 38) Subject matter wherein a means or method is provided that effects a change in condition-responsive control according to an amount of copies produced or a passage of time.
(1) Note. A control cycle being run every (n) times a copy is produced is classified with that control.
(2) Note. A change in the set value of a process (e.g., charging, exposure, mode according to number of copies, etc.)
that is otherwise not condition-responsive controlled is classified below. See SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
237, for adding liquid toner in response to the number of copies.
258, for adding dry toner in response to the number of copies.