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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Masahide Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Ue, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahide Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohji Ue, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A determining unit determines whether the printer is in the predictive failure state based on the internal information of the printer acquired by the information acquiring unit. A failure risk computing unit performs a failure risk determination process for determining the size of failure risk of the printer when the printer is in the predictive failure state. The determination result is reported to a maintenance person or a user. In this way, the maintenance person or the user who receives the report can definitely grasp a degree of urgency of maintenance at that point.