Image forming apparatus, terminal apparatus and management apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMasahiro Suzuki, Yoshiharu Tojo, Yasuhiro Hattori
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus that is connected to a terminal apparatus via a network is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a request for a plug-in list from the terminal apparatus, wherein the terminal apparatus sends the request in order to check consistency of a driver; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the plug-in list in the image forming apparatus to the terminal apparatus when receiving the request for the plug-in list.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus that is connected to a terminal apparatus via a network, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit configured to receive a request for a plug-in list from the terminal apparatus, wherein the terminal apparatus sends the request in order to check consistency of a driver;
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- a transfer unit configured to transfer the plug-in list in the image forming apparatus to the terminal apparatus when receiving the request for the plug-in list.
A terminal apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus via a network, the terminal apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit configured to receive a plug-in list from the image forming apparatus;
- a checking unit configured to check consistency between the plug-in list received by the receiving unit and a driver in the terminal apparatus;
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- a storing unit configured to store a result of checking performed by the checking unit.
A management apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus and the terminal apparatus via a network, comprising:
- a management unit configured to store and manage a plug-in program or a driver that is necessary for the image forming apparatus or the terminal apparatus;
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- a transfer unit configured to send the plug-in program or the driver in the management unit to the image forming apparatus or the terminal apparatus when receiving a request for obtaining the plug-in program or the driver from the image forming apparatus or the terminal apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.