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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Uwatoko, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A malfunction inferring apparatus includes an obtaining unit and an inferring unit. The obtaining unit obtains, from a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus which are used alternatively with each other by plural users, a first usage status of the first image forming apparatus and a second usage status of the second image forming apparatus. If a first change occurs in the first usage status and if a second change corresponding to the first change occurs in the second usage status, the inferring unit infers that a malfunction has occurred in any one of the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus, in accordance with the first usage status and the second usage status obtained by the obtaining unit.