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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1993
Yoshiaki Takano, Toyokawa, JP;
Tadafumi Shimizu, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Ideyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Manabu Kamitamari, Toyokawa, JP;
Kadotari Nishimori, Amagasaki, JP;
Yoshihiko Hatta, Toyokawa, JP;
Masazumi Ito, Toyohashi, JP;
Tsugihito Yoshiyama, Toyohashi, JP;
Yoshifumi Shibata, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Hata, Ashiya, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A control system of image forming apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a plurality of image forming apparatus and a control unit connected to each of the image forming apparatus through a communication line, and each of the image forming apparatus includes a data transmitting device for transmitting information related to a consumption amount of consumable products to the control unit through the communication line, and the control unit includes a receiving device receiving the information transmitted from the image forming apparatus and determines a stock amount of the consumable products which a user of the image forming apparatus has on the basis of the information received by the receiving device.