Maintenance system for image processing device, image processing device, maintenance information display method for image processing device, storage medium, and computer data signal
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1. A maintenance system, comprising:
- a maintenance server that provides maintenance information; and
an image processing device that has at least one of copy, print, facsimile and scan functions and which, upon detection of a maintenance event upon which a maintenance process to be carried out with respect to the image processing device, accesses the maintenance server, acquires from the maintenance server maintenance information indicating a maintenance process corresponding to the detected maintenance event, and displays the acquired maintenance information on a display.
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Abstract
There is provided a maintenance system including a maintenance server that provides maintenance information and an image processing device that has at least one of copy, print, facsimile and scan functions and which, upon detection of a maintenance event upon which a maintenance process to be carried out with respect to the image processing device, accesses the maintenance server, acquires from the maintenance server maintenance information indicating a maintenance process corresponding to the detected maintenance event, and displays the acquired maintenance information on a display.
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1. A maintenance system, comprising:
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a maintenance server that provides maintenance information; and
an image processing device that has at least one of copy, print, facsimile and scan functions and which, upon detection of a maintenance event upon which a maintenance process to be carried out with respect to the image processing device, accesses the maintenance server, acquires from the maintenance server maintenance information indicating a maintenance process corresponding to the detected maintenance event, and displays the acquired maintenance information on a display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An image processing device that has at least one of copy, print, facsimile and scan functions, comprising:
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a maintenance event detector that detects a maintenance event upon which a maintenance process ought to be carried out with respect to the image processing device;
an address holder that holds an address on a network, of a maintenance server to be accessed when the maintenance event is detected; and
a maintenance information acquirer that accesses, upon detection of the maintenance event by the maintenance event detector, a maintenance server specified by the address held in the address holder, acquires maintenance information indicating a maintenance process corresponding to the maintenance event detected from the maintenance server, and displays the maintenance information on a display. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method for displaying maintenance information in an image processing device that has at least one of copy, print, facsimile and scan functions, comprising:
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detecting a maintenance event upon which a maintenance process to be carried out with respect to the image processing device;
upon detection of the maintenance event, accessing the maintenance server;
acquiring from the maintenance server maintenance information indicating a maintenance process corresponding to the detected maintenance event; and
displaying the acquired maintenance information on a display. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for displaying maintenance information in an image processing device that has at least one of copy, print, facsimile and scan functions, the process comprising:
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detecting a maintenance event upon which a maintenance process to be carried out with respect to the image processing device;
upon detection of the maintenance event, accessing the maintenance server;
acquiring from the maintenance server maintenance information indicating a maintenance process corresponding to the detected maintenance event; and
displaying the maintenance information acquired on a display. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform a process for displaying maintenance information on an image processing device that has at least one of copy, print, facsimile and scan functions, comprising:
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detecting a maintenance event upon which a maintenance process to be carried out with respect to the image processing device;
upon detection of the maintenance event, accessing the maintenance server;
acquiring from the maintenance server maintenance information indicating a maintenance process corresponding to the detected maintenance event; and
displaying the acquired maintenance information on a display. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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