Management system, management device, image forming device, management system control method, and storage medium

A control method in an image forming device comprising a network unit configured to control a communication via a network, and a detector that detects identification information of a consumable container loaded in the image forming device, the control method comprising:

• managing remaining amount information of a consumable contained in the loaded consumable container;
• transmitting, in response to a detection of identification information of a new consumable container loaded in the image forming device by the detector, a first replacement notification to a management device which manages the image forming device via the network unit,
• wherein transmission data as the first replacement notification includes a main code indicating a load of the new consumable container, a sub-code according to remaining amount information of the consumable contained in another consumable container which had been removed before the detection by the detector, the detected identification information of the new consumable container, and counter information corresponding to a value accumulated by the image forming device for each print processing, and
• transmitting, when identification information of a new consumable container loaded in the image forming device is not detected by the detector, a second replacement notification to the management device,
• wherein transmission data as the second replacement notification includes the main code, the sub-code, the counter information and information indicating that the new consumable container has not been identified.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a readable program for causing a computer to execute a controlling method executed in an image forming device comprising a network unit configured to control a communication via a network, and a detector that detects identification information of a consumable container loaded in the image forming device, the control method comprising:

• managing remaining amount information of a consumable contained in the loaded consumable container;
• transmitting, in response to a detection of identification information of a new consumable container loaded in the image forming device by the detector, a first replacement notification to a management device which manages the image forming device via the network unit,
• wherein transmission data as the first replacement notification includes a main code indicating a load of the new consumable container, a sub-code according to remaining amount information of the consumable contained in another consumable container which had been removed before the detection by the detector, the detected identification information of the new consumable container, and counter information corresponding to a value accumulated by the image forming device for each print processing, and
• transmitting, when identification information of a new consumable container loaded in the image forming device is not detected by the detector, a second replacement notification to the management device,
• wherein transmission data as the second replacement notification includes the main code, the sub-code, the counter information and information indicating that the new consumable container has not been identified.

A management system comprising:

• an image forming device that a consumable container is replaceably loaded;
• and
• a management device that communicates with the image forming device via a network,
• wherein the image forming device comprises:
• a memory;
• a processor that can communicate with the memory;
• a network unit configured to control a communication via the network, and
• a detector that detects identification information of a consumable container loaded in the image forming device,
• wherein the memory stores a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the image forming device to:
• manage remaining amount information of a consumable contained in the loaded consumable container,
• transmit, in response to a detection of identification information of a new consumable container loaded in the image forming device by the detector, a first replacement notification to the management device via the network unit, wherein transmission data as the first replacement notification includes a main code indicating a load of the new consumable container, a sub-code according to remaining amount information of the consumable contained in another consumable container which had been removed before the detection by the detector, the detected identification information of the new consumable container, and counter information corresponding to a value accumulated by the image forming device for each print processing, and
• transmit, when identification information of a new consumable container loaded in the image forming device is not detected by the detector, a second replacement notification to the management device, wherein transmission data as the second replacement notification includes the main code, the sub-code, the counter information and information indicating that the new consumable container has not been identified,
• wherein the management device comprises:
• a reception unit configured to receive the first replacement notification or the second replacement notification from the image forming device;
• and
• a storage unit configured to store the identification information, the counter information and the remaining amount information as management information based on the received first replacement notification.

A control method for a management system comprising:

• an image forming device that a consumable container is replaceably loaded;
• and
• a management device that communicates with the image forming device via a network,
• wherein the image forming device comprises a network unit configured to control a communication via the network, and a detector that detects identification information of a consumable container loaded in the image forming device,
• wherein the control method comprises:
• managing, in the image forming device, remaining amount information of a consumable contained in a loaded consumable container,
• transmitting, by the image forming device, a first replacement notification to the management device via the network unit in response to a detection of identification information of a new consumable container loaded in the image forming device by the detector, wherein transmission data as the first replacement notification includes a main code indicating a load of the new consumable container, a sub-code according to remaining amount information of the consumable contained in another consumable container which had been removed before the detection by the detector, the detected identification information of the new consumable container, and counter information corresponding to a value accumulated by the image forming device for each print processing,
• transmitting, when identification information of a new consumable container loaded in the image forming device is not detected by the detector, a second replacement notification to the management device, wherein transmission data as the second replacement notification includes the main code, the sub-code, the counter information and information indicating that the new consumable container has not been identified,
• receiving, by the management device, the first replacement notification or the second replacement notification from the image forming device, and
• storing, by the management device, the identification information, the counter information and the remaining amount information as management information based on the received first replacement notification.