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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sumitake Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Mamoru Mochizuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuneo Mayuzumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kota Ariyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/310 ; G06F 1/130 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/310 ; G06F 1/130 ;
Abstract
A peripheral equipment management device and method for integrally managing peripheral equipment connected via a network are provided. In the peripheral equipment management device, a command is given to a plurality of printers at predetermined intervals. The peripheral equipment management device receives responses from the printers, stores the responses, and reports the responses to a monitoring device which monitors the printers.