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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Hiraki, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing system is formed of an image forming apparatus and a charge apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus comprises a communication unit, a memory unit for storing charge information to be stored in the charge apparatus when disconnected from the charge apparatus, and a control unit for controlling the charge information stored in the memory unit to be stored in the memory unit when connecting to the charge apparatus. The charge apparatus comprises a communication unit, a memory unit for storing the charge information received from the image forming apparatus, a judgment unit for judging as to whether the charge information stored in the memory unit is in a renewal waiting state; and a control unit for notifying a user where the judgment unit judges that the charge information stored in the memory unit is in the renewal waiting state.
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