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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2003
Hitoshi Kato, Ibaragi, JP;
Norifumi Miyake, Chiba, JP;
Tomokazu Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Kiyoshi Okamoto, Ibaragi, JP;
Kiyoshi Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Ibaragi, JP;
Norifumi Miyake, Chiba, JP;
Tomokazu Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Kiyoshi Okamoto, Ibaragi, JP;
Kiyoshi Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-forming system is composed of an image-forming apparatus body, a folding device, a bookbinding device, and a finisher, which are connected to the image-forming apparatus body. In the image-forming system, in order to support maintenance, an available period of time for maintenance for each processing module (a unit or a device sectionalized in a processing functional unit) is calculated based on contents of a job presently in execution and contents of registered jobs so as to display the available period of time for maintenance of the calculated processing module on an operation display.