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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yuki Shimotsu, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Use of a replacement image forming apparatus is immediately performed. When a first system control unit of a first MFP is instructed to start backup of data stored in a first HDD and a first EEPROM, the first system control unit transmits the data to an information management server, and when a second system control unit of a second MFP is instructed to start setting, the second system control unit issues a download request including a storage capacity of the second HDD and the second EEPROM to the information management server, and a third system control unit of the information management server stores data from the first MFP in a third HDD, reads data from the third HDD according to a storage capacity of the second HDD and the second EEPROM, and transmits the data to the second MFP.