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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Ryuichi Ishizu, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A remote maintenance system includes: one or more image forming apparatuses; a server; and a terminal, the one or more image forming apparatuses each notify, when the image forming apparatus itself executes printing, the server of print information, the print information at least including print start time, print end time, and the number of printed sheets, the server stores, when being notified of the print information, the print information in a management database, analyzes a usage status of the one or more image forming apparatuses based on the print information, and stores the analysis result in the management database, and acquires the analysis result of the usage status of the image forming apparatus to be maintained at the time of scheduled maintenance and failure of any of the one or more image forming apparatuses, attaches the analysis result to the notification, and sends the notification to the terminal.