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Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventor:

Takeshi Nagasaki, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/08 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00344 (2013.01); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); G06K 15/402 (2013.01); H04N 1/0005 (2013.01); H04N 1/00042 (2013.01);
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.


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