Management server, image forming apparatus, and management server system

Abstract

A server processing portion 120 establishes communication through a temporary connection with an image forming apparatus 10 (step S100). Further, the server processing portion 120 transmits, when a request of a main connection for connecting a service providing server 200 and the image forming apparatus 10 via a management server 100 is received from the service providing server 200, URL information for establishing communication through the main connection to the image forming apparatus 10 by using communication through the temporary connection (step S130). Further, the server processing portion 120 establishes communication through the main connection (step S140) when there is an access (step S320) from a terminal device 300 that reads code information formed by the image forming apparatus 10 based on the URL information.

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