Monitoring apparatus, processing method, program for implementing the processing method, and management apparatus, management method, and program for implementing the management method

A management apparatus capable of communicating with a monitoring apparatus that is capable of acquiring maintenance information from a plurality of image forming apparatuses to be monitored via a communication line, comprising:

• an installation completion report receiving device that receives an installation completion report including information identifying the monitoring apparatus by electronic mail;
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• a normal periodic processing device that identifies the monitoring apparatus having been installed according to the received installation completion report, and carries out a normal periodic process for the identified monitoring apparatus.

A processing method executed by a monitoring apparatus capable of acquiring maintenance information from a plurality of image forming apparatuses to be monitored via a communication line, and capable of communicating with a management apparatus, comprising:

• an acquiring step of acquiring acquires the maintenance information from the plurality of image forming apparatuses to be monitored;
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• a management step of carrying out one of management of completion of installation of the monitoring apparatus and central management of completion of operations carried out for the plurality of image forming apparatuses to be monitored.

A management method executed by a management apparatus capable of communicating with a monitoring apparatus that is capable of acquiring maintenance information from a plurality of image forming apparatuses to be monitored via a communication line, comprising:

• an installation completion report receiving step of receiving an installation completion report including information identifying the monitoring apparatus by electronic mail;
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• a normal periodic processing step of identifying the monitoring apparatus having been installed according to the received installation completion report, and carrying out a normal periodic process for the identified monitoring apparatus.

A program for causing a computer to execute a processing method by a monitoring apparatus capable of acquiring maintenance information from a plurality of image forming apparatuses to be monitored via a communication line, and capable of communicating with a management apparatus, comprising:

• an acquiring module for acquiring acquires the maintenance information from the plurality of image forming apparatuses to be monitored;
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• a management module for carrying out one of management of completion of installation of the monitoring apparatus and central management of completion of operations carried out for the plurality of image forming apparatuses to be monitored.

A program for causing a computer to execute a processing method by a monitoring apparatus capable of acquiring maintenance information from a plurality of image forming apparatuses to be monitored via a communication line, and capable of communicating with a management apparatus, comprising:

• an installation completion report receiving module for receiving an installation completion report including information identifying the monitoring apparatus by electronic mail;
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• a normal periodic processing module for identifying the monitoring apparatus having been installed according to the received installation completion report, and carrying out a normal periodic process for the identified monitoring apparatus.