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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Nagasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A server is configured to perform: receiving, from a printer, an initiation request for initiating a service, the service being for dispatching a color material cartridge to be installed to the printer; receiving, from the printer, cartridge information indicating a color material cartridge currently installed to the printer; determining whether a first type of color material cartridge is currently installed to the printer, the first type of color material cartridge being used at the service; and in a case where it is determined that the first type of color material cartridge is not currently installed to the printer, outputting a dispatching request causing a dispatching process for dispatching the first type of color material cartridge, wherein the dispatching request is not outputted in a case where it is determined that the first type of color material cartridge is currently installed to the printer.