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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/23 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); B41J 2/17543 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); H04N 1/00344 (2013.01); H04N 1/2346 (2013.01); H04N 1/2392 (2013.01);
Abstract
A consumables management system includes a plurality of printers in each of which a consumables container is installed and each of which is configured to consume consumables contained in the consumables container, and a management unit connected via a network to the plurality of printers. The management unit manages container identification information assigned to the consumables container, device identification information assigned to each of the plurality of printers, and user identification information assigned to the user of each of the plurality of printers in association with one another.