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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Lana Wong, Randolph, NJ (US);
Hiroshi Kitada, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Lana Wong, Randolph, NJ (US);
Hiroshi Kitada, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Americas Corporation, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Abstract
A printing system including: a print management system that includes a first type of printer, and a printer management client device that periodically reads data about first type of printer from the first type of printer; and an environment management system that includes an integration device that periodically retrieves the data about the first type of printer from the printer management system, a data storage unit that receives the data about the first type of printer from the integration device, and a second type of printer that provides data about the second type of printer to the data storage unit, wherein the second type of printer has a management function that is configured to provide the data about the second type of printer to the data storage unit in the environment management system, and the first type of printer does not have the management function.