Image forming apparatus transferring log information
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsSachiko Takeuchi, Takashi Yoshikawa, Tatsuo Ito, Toru Matsuda
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus for performing a process relating to forming of an image includes a log management unit to manage generated log information, and a log transfer unit to transfer log information of a type specified in log transfer information among the log information managed by the log management unit to a transfer destination specified in the log transfer information.
Claims23
An image forming apparatus for performing a process relating to forming of an image, comprising:
- a log management unit to manage generated log information;
- and
- a log transfer unit to transfer log information of a type specified in log transfer information among the log information managed by said log management unit to a transfer destination specified in the log transfer information.
A method of transferring a log from an image forming apparatus for performing a process relating to forming of an image, comprising:
- a storing step of storing generated log information in memory;
- and
- a transfer step of transferring log information of a type specified in log transfer information among the log information stored in the memory to a transfer destination specified in the log transfer information.
A log transfer system, comprising:
- an image forming apparatus to perform a process relating to forming of an image;
- one or more log collecting servers coupled to said image forming apparatus via a network, wherein said image forming apparatus includes:
- a log management unit to manage generated log information;
- and
- a log transfer unit to transfer log information of a type specified in log transfer information among the log information managed by said log management unit to a transfer destination specified in the log transfer information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.