Image forming apparatus, management information processing...

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2011-06-21

2011-06-21

Lett, Thomas J (Department: 2625)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

Communication

C358S001110, C710S240000, C710S019000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07965403

ABSTRACT:
When an inquiry of a device state is received at a first communication port from an information processing terminals, a corresponding printer determines whether a second communication port that is communicably connected to the information processing terminal is present besides the first communication port, and if the second communication port is present, determines whether the first communication port is a communication port of the highest priority among the communication ports currently connected to the communicable terminals, and if the second communication port is not present or the first communication port is the communication port of the highest priority, makes the status information expressing the operation state of the device be sent from the first communication port to the information processing terminal that inquired the device state.

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