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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Tom Haapanen, Kitchener, CA;
Tom Haapanen, Kitchener, CA;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An approach is provided for managing the configurations of printing devices in a distributed environment where printing devices are initially configured at a first physical location and then reconfigured at a second physical location. A configuration manager provides configuration data to a configuration system at the first location to be used to initially configure printing devices. The configuration manager also provides the configuration data to a device management system at the second physical location. The configuration manager receives changes to the configuration data from the device management system at the second physical location and propagates the changes to the configuration system at the first physical location. The configuration manager also tracks the configuration state of printing devices at both the first physical location and the second physical location.