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US 2011/0085200 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and network system (mfp occupied status)
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKaori Marunouchi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus including, a storing section configured to store operation states, a communicating section configured to receive an operation instruction and list the operation states to be viewable from an outside, and an image forming section configured to execute instructed processing according to an instruction.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storing section configured to store operation states;
- a communicating section configured to receive an operation instruction and list the operation states to be viewable from an outside;
- and
- an image forming section configured to execute instructed processing according to an instruction.
1 more element
A system for image forming comprising:
- a first apparatus configured to execute processing instructed by a request, the first apparatus including:
- a storing section configured to store operation states;
- a communicating section configured to receive an operation instruction;
- and
- an image processing section configured to execute instructed processing according to an instruction;
- a second apparatus configured to execute processing instructed by a request, the second apparatus including:
- a storing section configured to store operation states;
- a communicating section configured to receive an operation instruction;
- and
- an image processing section configured to execute instructed processing according to an instruction;
- and
- a third apparatus configured to acquire the operation states of the first and second apparatuses and list the operation states to be viewable from an outside.
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A method for image forming comprising:
- extracting an operation state contributing to processing instructed by a request;
- and
- calculating a non-operation time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.