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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
Shuuichi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuuichi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a history information acquiring unit configured to acquire history information on print outputs from a server; a statistics processing unit configured to extract at least one image forming apparatus with a high usage ratio based on the acquired history information; a device information acquiring unit configured to acquire device information related to an availability condition of the extracted at least one image forming apparatus directly from the at least one image forming apparatus; and a display processing unit configured to display information related to the acquired availability condition.