Apparatus, control method of apparatus and control method of management apparatus

A control method in a management apparatus that manages information relating to a life of a maintenance part that can be attached to an apparatus, which needs replacement accompanying an operation of the apparatus, the method comprising:

• a reception step of receiving predetermined information relating to the maintenance part from the apparatus;
• and
• a presentation step of presenting the received predetermined information to a user, wherein
• in the predetermined information, identification information on a prediction equation applied in a case where the apparatus predicts a life of the maintenance part is included.

A control method in an apparatus capable of attaching a maintenance part that needs replacement accompanying use, the method comprising:

• a prediction step of predicting a life of the maintenance part by applying one of prediction equations in at least one or more patterns for predicting a life of the maintenance part;
• and
• a transmission step of transmitting predetermined information relating to the maintenance part to a management apparatus that manages information relating to a life of the maintenance part, wherein
• at the transmission step, identification information on a prediction equation currently being applied to a prediction of a life of the maintenance part is included in the predetermined information that is transmitted to the management apparatus.