CN107846525B - Management server, image processing apparatus, terminal apparatus, and management method of image processing system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application provides a management server, an image processing apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a management method of an image processing system. Wherein the management server has: a communication unit that transmits a confirmation request for confirming whether or not a predetermined state exists to the plurality of image processing apparatuses; and a storage unit that stores information on the image processing apparatuses in the predetermined state in accordance with responses to the confirmation requests from the plurality of image processing apparatuses. According to the image processing device and the image processing method, the management server can determine the image processing device with the specified state from the plurality of image processing devices, so that a user can obtain the image processing device with the expected state without performing complicated operation on each image processing device, time and energy are saved, and the working efficiency of the user is improved.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of information technology, and in particular, to a management server, an image processing apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a management method for an image processing system.
Background
In a conventional image processing system, a plurality of image processing apparatuses are connected via a network, and a user needs to perform an operation before each image processing apparatus in order to extract a desired state from each image processing apparatus, and check a state to be checked one at a time, which is troublesome.
Reference 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. H2014-233890
It should be noted that the above background description is only for the sake of clarity and complete description of the technical solutions of the present invention and for the understanding of those skilled in the art. Such solutions are not considered to be known to the person skilled in the art merely because they have been set forth in the background section of the invention.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems pointed out by the background art, the present application provides a terminal apparatus, an image processing apparatus, a management server, and a management method of an image processing system.
According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a management server, including: a communication unit that transmits a confirmation request for confirming whether or not a predetermined state exists to the plurality of image processing apparatuses; and a storage unit that stores information on the image processing apparatuses in the predetermined state in accordance with responses to the confirmation requests from the plurality of image processing apparatuses.
According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus having: a storage unit that stores a state of its own device; an operation section that updates the state stored in the storage section when the state changes; and a communication unit that receives a confirmation request for confirming whether or not the state is a predetermined state from a management server, and transmits the state of the own device to the management server as a response to the confirmation request, based on the state stored in the storage unit.
According to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device, comprising: an operation unit that specifies a predetermined state related to the image processing apparatus or specifies the predetermined state related to the image processing apparatus and a search range of the image processing apparatus; a communication unit that transmits the predetermined state or the predetermined state and the search range to a management server so that the management server searches for the image processing apparatus having the predetermined state based on the predetermined state or the predetermined state and the search range; wherein the communication unit further receives a result of the management server executing the search from the management server; wherein the terminal device further includes a display unit that displays a result of the search executed by the management server.
According to still another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a management method of an image processing system including a plurality of image processing apparatuses and a management server connected via a network, the method including: determining a prescribed state relating to the image processing apparatus or determining the prescribed state relating to the image processing apparatus and a search range of the image processing apparatus; an image processing apparatus that extracts the predetermined state from the plurality of image processing apparatuses or an image processing apparatus that extracts the predetermined state from an image processing apparatus within the search range; and displaying information on the extracted image processing apparatus having the predetermined state.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the embodiment of the invention, the management server and/or the terminal device can determine the state of each image processing device, so that a user can obtain the expected state without performing complicated operation on each image processing device, the time and the energy are saved, and the working efficiency of the user is improved.
Specific embodiments of the present invention are disclosed in detail with reference to the following description and drawings, indicating the manner in which the principles of the invention may be employed. It should be understood that the embodiments of the invention are not so limited in scope. The embodiments of the invention include many variations, modifications and equivalents within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
Features that are described and/or illustrated with respect to one embodiment may be used in the same way or in a similar way in one or more other embodiments, in combination with or instead of the features of the other embodiments.
It should be emphasized that the term "comprises/comprising" when used herein, is taken to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps or components but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps or components.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a management server of embodiment 1;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an image processing apparatus of embodiment 2;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device of embodiment 3;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a management method of an image processing system of embodiment 4;
fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an image processing system of embodiment 1;
fig. 6 is a schematic view of a color printer of embodiment 1;
fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the sPSV server of embodiment 1;
fig. 8 is a schematic view of a menu interface for setting a search range according to embodiment 1;
fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of an image processing system of embodiment 2;
fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a personal computer according to embodiment 3.
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The foregoing and other features of the invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the description and drawings, particular embodiments of the invention have been disclosed in detail as being indicative of some of the embodiments in which the principles of the invention may be employed, it being understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments described, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, variations, and equivalents falling within the scope of the appended claims.
The embodiment of the invention provides a management server, an image processing device, a terminal device and a management method of an image processing system. The management server extracts an image processing apparatus having a predetermined state from among the plurality of image processing apparatuses, so that the user can obtain an image processing apparatus having a desired state without performing troublesome operations for each image processing apparatus.
Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. These embodiments are merely exemplary and are not intended to limit embodiments of the present invention.
Example 1
An embodiment of the present invention provides a management server, and fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the management server in embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the management server 100 includes: a communication unit 101 and a storage unit 102.
The communication unit 101 is configured to transmit a confirmation request for confirming whether or not a predetermined state exists to the plurality of image processing apparatuses. The storage unit 102 is configured to store information on the image processing apparatuses in the predetermined state in response to the confirmation requests from the plurality of image processing apparatuses.
In the embodiment, the management server can specify the image processing apparatus having the predetermined state from the plurality of image processing apparatuses by transmitting the confirmation request of whether or not the predetermined state exists to the plurality of image processing apparatuses, so that the user can obtain the image processing apparatus having the desired state without performing troublesome operations for each image processing apparatus, thereby saving time and effort and improving the work efficiency of the user.
In an embodiment of the present invention, if the predetermined state is set by the user on the management server 100, the management server further includes:
an operation unit 104 that specifies a predetermined state relating to the image processing apparatus; and
and a display unit 103 that displays information on the image processing apparatus in the predetermined state.
In the present embodiment, a predetermined state relating to the image processing apparatus can be set by the user operating the operation unit 104, and thus the management server 100 can check each image processing apparatus in the predetermined state by the processing of the communication unit 101.
In the present embodiment, the operation unit 104 may specify a search range of the image processing apparatus in addition to the predetermined state, that is, the user may set the search range of the image processing apparatus by operating the operation unit 104, and the communication unit 101 may transmit the confirmation request only to the image processing apparatuses within the search range to search for the image processing apparatus in the predetermined state from the search range. In this embodiment, the plurality of image processing apparatuses are image processing apparatuses within the search range.
In another embodiment of the present embodiment, the predetermined state, or the predetermined state and the search range are set by a user on a terminal device and transmitted to the management server 100. The present embodiment does not limit the setting manner of the user, and the setting may be performed by the method described above.
In this embodiment, the communication unit 101 of the management server 100 may also receive a predetermined state regarding the image processing apparatuses transmitted from the terminal apparatus, or receive a predetermined state regarding the image processing apparatuses and a search range of the image processing apparatuses, the plurality of image processing apparatuses being image processing apparatuses within the search range. Thus, the management server 100 can check each image processing apparatus in the predetermined state by the processing of the communication unit 101. The communication unit 101 may also transmit information about the image processing apparatus in the predetermined state stored in the storage unit 102 to the terminal apparatus so that the terminal apparatus can display the information.
In the present embodiment, the prescribed state may be an attribute of the image processing apparatus and/or a kind of the image processing apparatus. The attributes of the image processing apparatus may include: whether to replace a consumable such as toner of a toner cartridge of an image processing apparatus, whether the consumable has reached a useful life, whether there is a residual amount of the consumable, and/or whether a component is defective, etc. The types of image processing apparatuses may include a color printer, a monochrome printer, and a multifunction-digital multifunction Peripheral (MFP). For example, if the user sets the predetermined state to "consumable part end of life", it means that the user desires to search for an image processing apparatus in which the consumable part end of life is reached. If the user sets the prescribed state to "color printer", this means that the user wishes to search for a color printer.
In this embodiment, the retrieval range may be a network range and/or an area range. The network range may be an IP address, but is not limited thereto, and the area range may be a region where the building is located, floor information of the building, and the like. For example, if the user sets a certain building as the search range, it means that the user wants to search for an image processing apparatus in the building.
In this embodiment, the communication unit 101 may transmit the confirmation request to the plurality of image processing apparatuses and receive responses from the plurality of image processing apparatuses. Accordingly, the storage unit 102 can store information on the image processing apparatus having the predetermined state, for example, whether the predetermined state (for example, YES) or NO state (for example, NO) is present, based on the response. The storage unit 102 may store information on the image processing apparatus having the predetermined state, for example, the state and name of the image processing apparatus, in association with each other.
In this embodiment, when there are a plurality of image processing apparatuses in the predetermined state, the display unit 103 may display information on the plurality of image processing apparatuses in the predetermined state in a list.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the management server 100 may further include:
and a control unit 105 that extracts the state information related to the predetermined state from the list stored in the storage unit 102, and controls the communication unit 101 to transmit the state information related to the predetermined state to the plurality of image processing apparatuses as the confirmation request.
The list stored in the storage unit 102 may include: and a correspondence table between the states of the image processing apparatuses and the corresponding state information. Thereby, the control unit 105 can extract the state information corresponding to the predetermined state as the confirmation request. Optionally, the list stored in the storage unit 102 may further include: a correspondence table of the range and the corresponding image processing apparatus is searched. Thus, the control unit 105 can control to which image processing apparatuses the communication unit 101 transmits the confirmation request.
With the management server of the present embodiment, it is possible to extract an image processing apparatus in a predetermined state from among a plurality of image processing apparatuses, and a user can obtain an image processing apparatus in a desired state without performing a troublesome operation for each image processing apparatus.
Example 2
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the image processing apparatus according to embodiment 2 of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, the image processing apparatus 200 includes: a storage unit 201, an operation unit 202, and a communication unit 203.
The storage unit 201 stores the state of its own device. The operation unit 202 is used to update the state stored in the storage unit 201 when the state is changed. The communication unit 203 receives a confirmation request for confirming whether or not the state is a predetermined state from the management server, and transmits the state of the own device to the management server as a response to the confirmation request based on the state stored in the storage unit 201.
In this embodiment, the image processing apparatus is, for example, a color printer, a monochrome printer, a scanner, and the like, and therefore, in addition to the above components, the image processing apparatus may further include other components, which specifically refers to the prior art and is not described herein again.
With the image processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the state of the image processing apparatus is updated when the state of the image processing apparatus changes, and when a confirmation request from the management server is received, the state of the image processing apparatus is transmitted to the management server, whereby the management server can be assisted in extracting the image processing apparatus having a predetermined state, and the user can obtain the image processing apparatus having a desired state without performing a troublesome operation for each image processing apparatus.
Example 3
An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, and fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the terminal device according to embodiment 3 of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, the terminal device 300 includes: an operation unit 301, a communication unit 302, and a display unit 303.
The operation unit 301 is used to determine a predetermined state related to the image processing apparatus or to determine a predetermined state related to the image processing apparatus and a search range of the image processing apparatus. The communication unit 302 is configured to transmit the predetermined state or the predetermined state and the search range to a management server so that the management server searches for the image processing apparatus having the predetermined state based on the predetermined state or the predetermined state and the search range.
In this embodiment, the communication unit 302 may receive a result of the search performed by the management server from the management server.
In this embodiment, the terminal device 300 may further include: a display unit 303 for displaying the result of the search executed by the management server.
In the present embodiment, the operation of the operation unit 301 may be the same as or different from the operation of the operation unit 104 of the management server 100 of embodiment 1.
In this embodiment, the terminal device is, for example, a personal computer, and therefore, in addition to the above components, the terminal device may further include other components, which may specifically refer to the prior art and will not be described herein again.
The terminal device of the present embodiment can assist the management server in extracting an image processing device in a predetermined state by setting the predetermined state or setting the predetermined state and the search range and transmitting the result to the management server, so that the user can obtain an image processing device in a desired state without performing troublesome operations for each image processing device.
Example 4
An embodiment of the present invention provides a management method for an image processing system, where the image processing system includes a plurality of image processing apparatuses and a management server connected via a network, fig. 4 is a flowchart of the method, and please refer to fig. 4, the method includes:
step 401: determining a prescribed state relating to the image processing apparatus or determining the prescribed state relating to the image processing apparatus and a search range of the image processing apparatus;
step 402: an image processing apparatus that extracts the predetermined state from a plurality of image processing apparatuses or an image processing apparatus that extracts the predetermined state from an image processing apparatus within the search range; and
step 403: and displaying information on the extracted image processing apparatus having the predetermined state.
In this embodiment, the method may be applied to the management server in embodiment 1, and the contents thereof are incorporated herein and will not be described again.
With the method of the present embodiment, it is possible to extract an image processing apparatus having a predetermined state from a plurality of image processing apparatuses, so that a user can obtain an image processing apparatus having a desired state without performing a troublesome operation for each image processing apparatus.
The management server, the image processing apparatus, the terminal apparatus, and the management method according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to specific embodiments.
Embodiment mode 1
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an image processing system, which is configured by a color printer 501 as an image processing apparatus, a monochrome printer 502, a scanner 503, and an sPSV server 504 as a management server, and each of which is connected via a network, as shown in fig. 5.
In the present embodiment, a color printer 501 as an image processing apparatus includes, as shown in fig. 6:
a display portion 602 which can display information;
an operation unit 603 that can receive an operation by a user;
a storage unit 606 capable of storing the status of the color printer 501 itself;
an image forming unit 605 which can receive a print job from a Personal Computer (PC) according to an operation input from an operation unit and form an image on a print medium;
a communication unit 604 that can communicate with an external apparatus such as a Personal Computer (PC) or an sPSV server 504 as a management server via a network; and
and a control unit 601 capable of controlling the operations of the display unit 602, the operation unit 603, the storage unit 606, the image forming unit 605, and the communication unit 604.
In the present embodiment, the monochrome printer 502 and the scanner 503, which are image processing apparatuses, have the same configuration as the color printer 501. Unlike the image forming section 605 of the color printer 501, the image forming section in the scanner 503, which is an image processing apparatus, is different from the color printer 501 in forming scanned image data.
In the present embodiment, the sPSV server 504 as the management server has, as shown in fig. 7, the following configuration:
a display unit 703 capable of displaying information;
an operation unit 704 that can accept user operations;
a communication unit 702 that can communicate with external apparatuses such as a color printer 501, a monochrome printer 502, and a scanner 503 via a network;
a storage section 705 which can store the status of each of the color printer 501, the monochrome printer 502, and the scanner 503 as image processing apparatuses; and
and a control unit 701 capable of controlling the operations of the display unit 703, the operation unit 704, the communication unit 702, and the storage unit 705.
In the present embodiment, the color printer 501 updates the state of its own device and stores the updated state in the storage unit 606 every time the state of its own device changes. For example, this state indicates whether or not there is toner (not shown in the figure) as a consumable toner disposed in the image forming unit 605. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the state may be information on whether or not the image forming unit 605 has reached the end of its life. Other information, such as: information on whether the consumable should be replaced, whether the consumable has reached its end of life, whether there is a remaining amount of the consumable, whether there is a failure in a component constituting the color printer 501, and the like may be used as the status. Information indicating the type of printer, for example, color, monochrome, and Multi-function (MFP) may be used as the status.
In the present embodiment, the sPSV server 504 selects a search range (e.g., a network search range) and a predetermined state (e.g., an attribute of an image processing apparatus) by a user operating the operation unit 704 based on a menu interface displayed on the display unit 703, as shown in fig. 8, and searches for an image processing apparatus meeting the predetermined state in the search range by the user pressing the search execution unit 800. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the search is performed in a state in which the IP address "192.168.4.255" is selected as the search range and "Toner empty (EP Toner)" is selected as a predetermined state as shown in fig. 8.
In the present embodiment, the control unit 701 of the sPSV server 504 extracts MIB Information and PJL Information corresponding to the status (toner empty) selected by the user using the operation unit 704, from the correspondence table (table 1) of the attribute of the image processing apparatus and MIB (Management Information Base)/PJL (Printer Job Language) stored in the storage unit 705. Then, the image processing apparatus to which the IP address (192.168.4.255) selected by the user using the operation unit 704 is assigned is extracted from the correspondence table (table 2) of the search range and the corresponding image processing apparatus stored in the storage unit 705. Specifically, a color printer 501, a monochrome printer 502, and a facsimile 503 are extracted. Also, MIB information and PJL information are transmitted to the extracted image processing apparatuses, i.e., color printers 501, monochrome printers 502, and facsimile machines 503 as confirmation requests for the above-described states.
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In the present embodiment, the color printer 501 receives the MIB information and the PJL information from the sPSV server 504 as a request for confirming the status, and transmits the status of its own device to the sPSV server 504 via the communication unit 604. Here, information indicating whether the toner is empty is transmitted, for example, a transmission of 0 indicates that the toner is empty, and a transmission of non-0 indicates that the toner is not empty. Thus, the sPSV server 504 can receive the status as the attribute of the image processing apparatus from the color printer 501 via the communication unit 702 as a response to the request for confirmation of the status.
Then, the control unit 701 of the sPSV server 504 may store, in the storage unit 705, identification information for identifying the color printer 501 as the transmission source in association with the received status. Here, when there are a plurality of image processing apparatuses having the same status, as in the case where the color printer 501 and the monochrome printer 502 have a status in which toner is empty, the sPSV server 504 creates a list (table 3) of image processing apparatuses corresponding to the status and stores the list in the storage unit 705. For example, table 3 may be a list in which the network range, the status (attribute information), and the image processing apparatus are associated with each other. Thus, the control unit 701 of the sPSV server 504 can control the display unit 703 to display the list (table 3) stored in the storage unit 705.
TABLE 3
In the present embodiment, the color printer 501 is described as an example of an image processing apparatus, but the present embodiment is not limited thereto, and the monochrome printer 502 and the scanner 503 may perform the same operation as the color printer 501.
In the present embodiment, an example of using an IP address indicating a network search range as a search range has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and as shown in table 2, information including a floor of a building, a region where the building is located, and the like as a search range may be stored in advance in the storage unit 705 of the sPSV server 504 in association with an image processing device, and the floor and the region of the building where the image processing device is disposed may be selected as a search range instead of the IP address.
Embodiment mode 2
Fig. 9 is another schematic diagram of an image management system which is configured by a color printer 901, a monochrome printer 902, a scanner 903, and a Personal Computer (PC)904 as a terminal apparatus, and an sPSV server 905 as a management server, each connected via a network, as shown in fig. 9, as image processing apparatuses.
In the present embodiment, the configuration and operation of the color printer 901 as an image processing apparatus are the same as those of the color printer 501 of embodiment 1, and the description thereof is omitted. Similarly, the monochrome printer 902 and the scanner 903 may have the same configuration as the color printer 901, and the scanner 903 may have an image forming portion that forms scanned image data in a different manner from the color printer 901.
In the present embodiment, the configuration of the sPSV server 905 as the management server is the same as that of the sPSV server 504 in example 1, and the description thereof is omitted.
In the present embodiment, the configuration of the personal computer 904 as a terminal device includes, as shown in fig. 10:
a display portion 1002 which can display information;
an operation unit 1003 that can receive an operation by a user;
a communication unit 1004 that can communicate with external apparatuses such as a color printer 901, a monochrome printer 902, a scanner 903, and an sPSV server 905 as a management server via a network; and
and a control unit 1001 capable of controlling operations of the display unit 1002, the operation unit 1003, and the communication unit 1004.
In the present embodiment, unlike embodiment 1, the predetermined state or the predetermined state and the search range are set not by the user on the operation unit of the management server 905 but by the user on the personal computer 904 as a terminal device, and the setting result is transmitted to the management server 905 through the communication unit 1004 of the personal computer 904. After the management server 905 obtains the search result, that is, after the image processing apparatus having a predetermined state is searched, the search result is transmitted to the personal computer 904 via the communication unit 702, whereby the personal computer 904 can display the search result on the display unit 1002.
Only the differences from embodiment 1 will be described below.
In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, after a search range (e.g., a network search range) and a predetermined state (e.g., an attribute of an image processing apparatus) are selected by a user operating the operation unit 1003 according to a menu interface displayed on the display unit 1002, and the user presses the search execution unit 800, an IP address indicating the network search range as the search range and the state as attribute information are transmitted to the sPSV server 905 via the communication unit 1004. For example, the search range is IP address 192.168.4.255 and the status is toner empty.
In the present embodiment, the sPSV server 905 receives the IP address "192.168.4.255" and the status "toner empty" as the search range via the communication unit 702. The control unit 701 extracts MIB information and PJL information corresponding to the status received by the communication unit 702 from the table 1 stored in the storage unit 705, specifies the image processing apparatus corresponding to the IP address, that is, the color printer 901, the monochrome printer 902, and the scanner 903, from the table 2 stored in the storage unit 705, and transmits the MIB information and PJL information to the image processing apparatus as a confirmation request.
Then, in response to the confirmation request, the color printer 901, the monochrome printer 902, and the scanner 903 may store the received status in association with the identification information for identifying the transmission source in the storage unit 705, or in the case where there are a plurality of image processing apparatuses having the above status, the control unit 701 of the sPSV server 504 may create a list as shown in table 3 and may transmit the table 3 stored in the storage unit 705 to the personal computer 904 via the communication unit 702. Accordingly, the control unit 1001 of the personal computer 904 can display the search execution result on the display unit 1002 based on the table 3 received by the communication unit 1004.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the "management server" is a device or apparatus having a high-performance information processing function in a network environment, which includes all apparatuses such as a cloud server, an office server, a WEB server, a print server, and the like. The embodiment of the invention does not limit the specific type of the management server.
As can be seen from the above-described embodiments, the management server and the terminal apparatus can specify the image processing apparatus having a predetermined state from the plurality of image processing apparatuses, so that the user can obtain the image processing apparatus in a desired state without performing troublesome operations for each image processing apparatus, thereby saving time and effort and improving the work efficiency of the user.
The above devices and methods of the present invention can be implemented by hardware, or can be implemented by hardware and software. The present invention relates to a computer-readable program which, when executed by a logic section, enables the logic section to realize the above-described apparatus or constituent section, or to realize the above-described various methods or steps. The present invention also relates to a storage medium such as a hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a DVD, a flash memory, or the like, for storing the above program.
While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that these descriptions are illustrative and not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Various modifications and alterations of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art based upon the spirit and principles of this invention, and such modifications and alterations are also within the scope of this invention.
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1. A management server, characterized in that the management server has:
a communication unit that transmits a confirmation request for confirming whether or not a predetermined state exists to the plurality of image processing apparatuses;
a storage unit that stores information on the image processing apparatuses in the predetermined state in accordance with responses to the confirmation requests from the plurality of image processing apparatuses;
an operation unit that determines the predetermined state relating to the image processing apparatuses, or determines the predetermined state relating to the image processing apparatuses and a search range of the image processing apparatuses, wherein the plurality of image processing apparatuses are image processing apparatuses within the search range; and
a display unit that displays information on the image processing apparatus in the predetermined state;
the management server further has:
and a control unit that extracts the state information on the predetermined state from the list stored in the storage unit, and controls the communication unit to transmit the state information on the predetermined state to the plurality of image processing apparatuses as the confirmation request.
2. A management server, characterized in that the management server has:
a communication unit that transmits a confirmation request for confirming whether or not a predetermined state exists to the plurality of image processing apparatuses;
a storage unit that stores information on the image processing apparatuses in the predetermined state in accordance with responses to the confirmation requests from the plurality of image processing apparatuses;
the communication unit further receives the predetermined state related to the image processing apparatus transmitted from the terminal apparatus, or receives the predetermined state related to the image processing apparatus and a search range of the image processing apparatus, wherein the plurality of image processing apparatuses are image processing apparatuses within the search range;
the communication unit transmits, to the terminal apparatus, information about the image processing apparatus in the predetermined state stored in the storage unit;
the management server further has:
and a control unit that extracts the state information on the predetermined state from the list stored in the storage unit, and controls the communication unit to transmit the state information on the predetermined state to the plurality of image processing apparatuses as the confirmation request.
3. The management server according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the retrieval scope is network-wide and/or area-wide.
4. The management server according to claim 1,
when there are a plurality of image processing apparatuses in the predetermined state, the display unit displays information on the plurality of image processing apparatuses in the predetermined state in a list.
5. The management server according to claim 1 or 2,
the predetermined state is an attribute of the image processing apparatus and/or a type of the image processing apparatus.
6. The management server according to claim 5, wherein the attributes of the image processing apparatus include: whether the consumable is to be replaced, whether the consumable has reached a useful life, whether there is a residual amount of the consumable, and/or whether a component is faulty.
7. The management server according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the list stored by the storage section includes:
a correspondence table of the state of the image processing apparatus and the corresponding state information; and
a correspondence table of the range and the corresponding image processing apparatus is searched.
8. An image processing apparatus, characterized in that the image processing apparatus has:
a storage unit that stores a state of its own device;
an operation section that updates the state stored in the storage section when the state changes; and
a communication unit that receives a confirmation request for confirming whether or not the state is a predetermined state from a management server, and transmits the state of the own device to the management server as a response to the confirmation request, based on the state stored in the storage unit;
the predetermined state is an attribute of the image processing apparatus and/or a type of the image processing apparatus.
9. A terminal device, characterized in that the terminal device has:
an operation unit that specifies a predetermined state relating to the image processing apparatus, or specifies the predetermined state relating to the image processing apparatus and a search range of the image processing apparatus; and
a communication unit that transmits the predetermined state or the predetermined state and the search range to a management server so that the management server searches for the image processing apparatus having the predetermined state based on the predetermined state or the predetermined state and the search range;
wherein the communication unit further receives a result of the management server executing the search from the management server;
wherein the terminal device further has:
a display unit that displays a result of the search executed by the management server;
the predetermined state is an attribute of the image processing apparatus and/or a type of the image processing apparatus.
10. A management method of an image processing system including a plurality of image processing apparatuses and a management server connected via a network, characterized by comprising:
determining a prescribed state relating to the image processing apparatus or determining the prescribed state relating to the image processing apparatus and a search range of the image processing apparatus;
an image processing apparatus that extracts the predetermined state from the plurality of image processing apparatuses or an image processing apparatus that extracts the predetermined state from an image processing apparatus within the search range; and
displaying information on the extracted image processing apparatus having the predetermined state;
the predetermined state is an attribute of the image processing apparatus and/or a type of the image processing apparatus.
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