Method and server for managing printer

Details Method and server for managing printer Method and server for managing printer

2008-03-25

2008-03-25

Tran, Douglas Q. (Department: 2625)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

Emulation or plural modes

C358S450000, C399S082000, C399S085000, C399S364000

Reexamination Certificate

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10717451

ABSTRACT:
The present invention realizes resource saving and energy saving by grasping and managing a usage efficiency of an image forming apparatus. To accomplish this, a method in accordance with the present invention is an information processing method of managing usage information on a job which is issued from an information processing apparatus to an image forming apparatus, which includes: a step of acquiring the usage information from the information processing apparatus or the image forming apparatus; a step of deriving the number of logical pages and the number of physical sheets from the usage information acquired in the acquisition step; and a step of outputting usage efficiency information of the image forming apparatus using the number of logical pages and the number of physical sheets derived in the derivation step.

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