Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and method to prevent duplicate order for supplies

An image processing system comprising:

• an image processing apparatus;
• and
• an information processing device communicably connected with the image processing apparatus,
• wherein the image processing apparatus comprises:
• a printer configured to perform printing using an expendable supply for at least one of a plurality of different colors;
• a first communication interface;
• a user interface;
• a display;
• a memory;
• and
• a first controller configured to:
• display, on the display, information on a remaining amount of each of respective supplies corresponding to the plurality of different colors;
• display a warning screen on the display when the remaining amount of at least one of the respective supplies corresponding to the plurality of different colors is equal to or less than a particular threshold;
• display, on the display, an order screen configured to accept a selection of supplies to be ordered from among orderable types of supplies including the respective supplies corresponding to the plurality of different colors;
• when receiving, via the user interface, an ordering operation to order a particular type of supplies selected on the order screen, place an order for the particular type of supplies to an information processing device via the communication interface, and store history information on the particular type of supplies ordered into the memory, the history information indicating an order history of the particular type of supplies ordered and containing information generated based on a most recent order date of the particular type of supplies;
• and
• in response to occurrence of a display trigger to display the history information on the particular type of supplies ordered, read out the history information on the particular type of supplies from the memory, and display the read history information on the display in such a manner that the particular type of supplies is identified, and
• wherein the information processing device comprises:
• a second communication interface;
• and
• a second controller configured to receive information regarding the particular type of supplies ordered, from the image processing apparatus via the second communication interface.

A method implementable on a controller of an image processing apparatus comprising a printer configured to perform printing using an expendable supply for at least one of a plurality of different colors, a communication interface, a user interface, a display, and a memory, the method comprising:

• displaying, on the display, information on a remaining amount of each of respective supplies corresponding to the plurality of different colors;
• displaying a warning screen on the display when the remaining amount of at least one of the respective supplies corresponding to the plurality of different colors is equal to or less than a particular threshold;
• displaying, on the display, an order screen configured to accept a selection of supplies to be ordered from among orderable types of supplies including the respective supplies corresponding to the plurality of different colors;
• when receiving, via the user interface, an ordering operation to order a particular type of supplies selected on the order screen, placing an order for the particular type of supplies to an information processing device via the communication interface, and storing history information on the particular type of supplies ordered into the memory, the history information indicating an order history of the particular type of supplies ordered and containing information generated based on a most recent order date of the particular type of supplies;
• and
• in response to occurrence of a display trigger to display the history information on the particular type of supplies ordered, reading out the history information on the particular type of supplies from the memory, and displaying the read history information on the display in such a manner that the particular type of supplies is identified.