IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, A FAILURE PREDICTION METHOD EXECUTED BY AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND A COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

摘要

The image forming device according to the present invention can making accurate failure prediction without using a high-capacity storage device is provided. The image forming device has a detecting unit for detecting certain abnormality which portends a breakdown of the image forming device itself, an instructing unit for instructing user about an operation test on the region where the abnormality has been detected by the detecting unit (S201), a testing unit for performing the operation test on the region with assistance of the user who has been instructed by the instructing unit (S203), a measuring unit for measuring values describing the current status of the region during the operation test by the testing unit (S204), and a predicting unit for conducting the failure prediction on the region based on the valued measured by the measuring unit (S205).