Information processing apparatus, maintenance managing method, program, and computer-readable storing medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuyuki Kojima
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Abstract
In an information processing apparatus which can obtain use histories of the parts in an image forming apparatus, counter values of the parts in the image forming apparatus are obtained, magnitudes of the previously obtained counter value and the presently obtained counter value are discriminated, and if it is determined by the discrimination that the counter value becomes smaller, with respect to the part before exchanging, the previously obtained counter value is set into use results of the part before the exchanging.
Claims21
An information processing apparatus which can communicate with an image forming apparatus through a communication line, comprising:
- an obtaining unit adapted to obtain a counter value of a part in the image forming apparatus;
- a discriminating unit adapted to discriminate whether the counter value currently obtained by said obtaining unit is less than a previously obtained counter value;
- and
- a complementing unit adapted to complement use results of the part before exchanging if determined by said discriminating unit that the currently obtained counter value is less than the previously obtained counter value,
- wherein said discriminating unit discriminates that the counter value has been reset if determined by said discriminating unit that the currently obtained counter value is less than the previously obtained counter value.
A maintenance managing method in an information processing apparatus which can obtain use results of parts in an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an obtaining step of obtaining a counter value of a part in the image forming apparatus;
- a discriminating step of discriminating whether the counter value currently obtained in said obtaining step is less than a previously obtained counter value;
- and
- a complementing step of complementing use results of the part before exchanging if determined in said discriminating step that the currently obtained counter value is less than the previously obtained counter value,
- wherein said discriminating step discriminates that the counter value has been reset if determined in said discriminating step that the currently obtained counter value is less than the previously obtained counter value.
A program for allowing a computer to execute a maintenance managing method in an information processing apparatus which can obtain use results of parts in an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an obtaining step of obtaining a counter value of a part in the image forming apparatus;
- a discriminating step of discriminating whether the counter value currently obtained in said obtaining step is less than a previously obtained counter value;
- and
- a complementing step of complementing use results of the part before exchanging if determined in said discriminating step that the currently obtained counter value is less than the previously obtained counter value,
- wherein said discriminating step discriminates that the counter value has been reset if determined in said discriminating step that the currently obtained counter value is less than the previously obtained counter value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.