Image forming device capable of being maintained easily by using IC card
AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSoichi Iwao
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to the present invention is operable in response to information from a storage medium detachably provided at a main body of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a connector to which an IC card storing management data indicative of an improvement history of the apparatus is connected, a reader for reading management data from the connected IC card, a first display for displaying the improvement history of the apparatus based on the read management data, an input device for inputting state data indicative of the stage in the improvement history of the apparatus, a memory storing the input state data and a second display displaying the stage in the improvement history of the apparatus based on the state data in the memory.
Claims24
An image forming apparatus operable in response to information stored in a storage medium, comprising:
- a main body of the image forming apparatus,
- connection means on said main body to which said storage medium storing management data indicative of an improvement history of the apparatus may be detachably connected,
- data reading means on the main body for reading the management data from said connected storage medium,
- first displaying means on the main body for displaying the improvement history of the apparatus based on said read management data,
- inputting means for inputting state data indicative of a stage in the improvement history of the device,
- storing means for storing said input state data, and
- second displaying means on the main body for displaying the stage in the improvement history of the apparatus based on the state data stored in said storing means.
An image forming apparatus operable in response to information from a storage medium comprising:
- a main body of the image forming apparatus,
- connection means on the main body to which said storage medium storing management data of the apparatus is detachably connected,
- data reading means on the main body for reading the management data from said connected storage medium,
- first displaying means on the main body for displaying a plurality of items based on said read management data,
- selecting means for selecting at least one of said displayed items,
- storing means for storing item data corresponding to said selected item, and
- second displaying means on the main body for displaying a predetermined item based on the item data stored in said storing means.
An image forming apparatus operable in response to information from a storage medium, comprising:
- a main body of the image forming apparatus,
- attaching means provided in the main body to which said storage medium storing management data of the apparatus is detachably attached,
- detecting means provided in the main body for detecting the attachment of said storage medium,
- permanent storing means in the main body for storing state data of the apparatus relative to said management data, and
- displaying means provided in the main body responsive to the detection output of said detecting means for reading said stored management data from said storage medium and state data from said storage means and for displaying the same.
A management system of an image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storage medium detachably provided at an image forming apparatus for storing management data of said image forming apparatus,
- detecting means provided in said image forming apparatus for detecting an attachment of said storage medium,
- storing means provided in said image forming apparatus for storing state data of the apparatus relative to said management data, and
- displaying means provided in said image forming apparatus and responsive to the detection output of said detecting means for displaying said stored management data and state data.
A method of managing an image forming apparatus operable in response to information from a storage medium detachably provided at a main body, comprising the steps of:
- reading management data from a storage medium detachably attached to the main body of the image forming apparatus for storing management data indicative of an improvement history of the apparatus,
- displaying the improvement history of the image forming apparatus based on said read management data, and
- storing state data indicative of a stage in the improvement history of the image forming apparatus in a permanent memory provided in the main body of the image forming apparatus.
A method of managing an image forming apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- attaching a storage medium detachably provided at the image forming apparatus for storing management data of the image forming apparatus,
- determining the attachment of said storage medium,
- reading the management data from said attached storage medium, and reading state data relative to said management data and stored in a permanent memory in said image forming apparatus, and
- displaying said read management data and state data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.