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Network system comprising customer replaceable unit

  • US 20070047974A1
  • Filed: 08/16/2006
  • Published: 03/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A network system comprising:

  • an apparatus main body having a main-body storing portion and a control portion;

    a customer replaceable unit, disposed so as to be attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body;

    a server for storing operation information of the customer replaceable unit; and

    a communications network to which the apparatus main body and the server are connected, wherein the apparatus main body obtains the operation information of the customer replaceable unit from the server via the communications network and stores the obtained operation information into the main-body storing portion, and the control portion of the apparatus main body causes the customer replaceable unit to operate based on the operation information stored in the main-body storing portion.

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