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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
Tomoko Kano, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Ibaraki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Takata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoko Kano, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Ibaraki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Takata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus information obtaining apparatus for obtaining apparatus information including model information of an image output apparatus from the image output apparatus via a network is disclosed. The apparatus information obtaining apparatus includes: an image output apparatus list database storing a list of image output apparatuses from which the apparatus information is obtained; an apparatus information send instruction sending unit for instructing the image output apparatus included in the image output apparatus list to send the apparatus information; and an apparatus information receiving unit for receiving the apparatus information from the image output apparatus that is instructed to send the apparatus information.
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