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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
May. 26, 1993
Yuji Yamashita, Osaka, JP;
Masanobu Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Katsunori Masai, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Inenaka, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Sako, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Hideaki Tomita, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A management system of image forming apparatuses according to the present invention includes devices for transmitting information about maintenance of each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses such as copying machines, for example, the number of copies from the image forming apparatus to a centralized management apparatus through transmitting devices, and devices for finding, on the basis of the information about maintenance which is transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the centralized management apparatus, information for efficiently performing the maintenance work, for example, the scheduled date of the maintenance work of the image forming apparatus.