Administrating apparatus and method for administrating a status of an image forming apparatus
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1. An administrating apparatus for administrating an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving status information on the status of said image forming apparatus, said receiving means further receiving update status information in accordance with changes in the status of said image forming apparatus and a signal for each operation of said image forming apparatus;
reading means for reading user information from a card;
setting means for setting an upper limit sheet number; and
count means for counting in accordance with the status information received by said receiving means, the signal received by said receiving means and the user information read by said reading means.
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Abstract
An administrating apparatus for administrating an image forming apparatus comprises a first receiving unit for receiving the status information of the image forming apparatus in the serial communication, a second receiving unit for receiving a pulse signal in accordance with the operation of the image forming apparatus, and a count unit for counting for each status indicated by the status information received in accordance with the pulse signal received. The administrating apparatus for administrating the image forming apparatus for each status can be provided with a simple construction.
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1. An administrating apparatus for administrating an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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receiving means for receiving status information on the status of said image forming apparatus, said receiving means further receiving update status information in accordance with changes in the status of said image forming apparatus and a signal for each operation of said image forming apparatus; reading means for reading user information from a card; setting means for setting an upper limit sheet number; and count means for counting in accordance with the status information received by said receiving means, the signal received by said receiving means and the user information read by said reading means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An administrating method for administrating an image forming apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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receiving status information from said image forming apparatus, said receiving step further receiving update status information in accordance with changes in a status of said image forming apparatus and a signal for each operation of said image forming apparatus; reading user information from a card; setting an upper limit sheet number; and counting in accordance with the status information received by said receiving step, the signal received by said receiving step and the user information read by said reading step. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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