JP2016149061A - Image processing system, control method of the system, image processing apparatus, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing system that can automatically receive information on an image processing apparatus necessary when the information processing apparatus checks information on an image forming apparatus.SOLUTION: A DFE (Digital End Controller) 101 receives data from an MFP (Multi-Function printer) 102, when the data is information transmission function data, collects information on the DFE 101 to be added to the information transmission function data on the basis of information on the MFP 102 included in the received data, adds the collected information on the DFE 101 to an addition area of the information transmission function data, and transmits the information transmission function data to which the information on the DFE 101 is added, to application servers 104 and 105.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing system, a control method for the system, an image processing apparatus, and a program.

  Conventionally, an image processing system in which a DFE (Digital Front End Controller) as an image processing apparatus and a client PC as an information processing apparatus are connected to each other via a network is known (for example, see Patent Document 1). . In the image processing system of Patent Document 1, an MFP (Multi-Function Printer) as an image forming apparatus is connected to the DFE, and the DFE extends the functions of the MFP. Since the MFP is not connected to the client PC via the network, information regarding the MFP, for example, version information of firmware applied to the MFP and error information generated in the MFP are not directly transmitted to the client PC. When the user confirms information about the MFP on the client PC, the MFP transmits information about the MFP to the DFE, and the DFE receives information about the MFP and transfers it to the client PC.

  By the way, when the user confirms the information regarding the MFP, the user may need information regarding the DFE according to the information regarding the MFP.

JP 2003-289319 A

  However, the DFE only transfers information about the MFP received from the MFP to the client PC, and only when the user requests the DFE to send information about the DFE to the client PC, separate from the information about the MFP. The information regarding is transmitted to the client PC. That is, DFE information is not automatically transmitted to the client PC in accordance with the MFP information transmitted to the client PC, and as a result, the client PC receives the DFE information necessary for confirming the MFP information. There is a problem that you can not.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing system capable of automatically receiving information relating to an image processing apparatus required when the information processing apparatus confirms information relating to the image forming apparatus, a control method for the system, and an image processing apparatus. And providing a program.

  To achieve the above object, an image processing system of the present invention includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus connected to each other via a network, and an image forming apparatus connected to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive data transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the information processing apparatus; analyze the received data to obtain information about the image forming apparatus; Specifying means for specifying information relating to the image processing apparatus to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus based on information relating to the specified image forming apparatus; and adding information relating to the specified image processing apparatus to the received data Transmission means for transmitting to the information processing apparatus.

  In order to achieve the above object, an image processing apparatus of the present invention is an image processing apparatus that is connected to an image forming apparatus and connected to an information processing apparatus via a network, from the image forming apparatus. Receiving means for receiving data transmitted to the information processing apparatus; analyzing the received data to obtain information relating to the image forming apparatus; and processing the information processing based on the obtained information relating to the image forming apparatus. Specifying means for specifying information relating to the image processing apparatus to be transmitted to the apparatus; and transmitting means for adding information relating to the specified image processing apparatus to the received data and transmitting the information to the information processing apparatus. Features.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically receive information relating to an image processing apparatus required when the information processing apparatus confirms information relating to the image forming apparatus.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of an image processing system including a DFE as an image processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of the DFE in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a software module executed by a CPU in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the information edit process performed by the service specific process part in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the transmission function specific process performed by step S402 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the collection process performed by step S405 of FIG. It is a figure used in order to demonstrate the information browsing screen displayed on client PC in FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a first storage process for storing information on a DFE to which time information is given when an error occurs in the MFP in FIG. 1 in a storage device. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the information edit process performed by the service specific process part in FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a second storage process for storing information related to a DFE when an error occurs in the DFE in FIG. 1 in a storage device. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the error information collection process performed by step S1003 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the extraction process performed by the service basic process part in FIG.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of an image processing system 100 including an image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  1 includes a DFE 101 as an image processing apparatus, an MFP 102 as an image forming apparatus, a client PC 103, and application servers 104 and 105 as information processing apparatuses. The DFE 101, the client PC 103, and the application server 104 are networks. The DFE 101 is connected to the MFP 102 via the local network 107, and the application server 105 is connected to the network 106 via the Internet 108.

  For example, the DFE 101 receives a print job from the client PC 103, performs rasterization processing on the image data corresponding to the received print job, and transmits the image data to the MFP 102. The MFP 102 prints the rasterized image data on a recording sheet as a recording medium. The MFP 102 also includes information related to the MFP 102, such as version information of firmware applied to the MFP 102, error information when an error occurs in the MFP 102, log information acquired by the MFP 102, or setting information of the MFP 102, such as the IP address of the MFP 102. Information related to setting of various functions such as an address or an encryption function is transmitted to the application servers 104 and 105. However, since the MFP 102 is not directly connected to the application servers 104 and 105, information related to the MFP 102 transmitted from the MFP 102 to the application servers 104 and 105 passes through the DFE 101. The client PC 103 acquires information related to the MFP 102 from the application servers 104 and 105.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of the DFE 101 in FIG.

  2 includes a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, a storage device 204, a storage device I / F 205, a display / operation device I / F unit 206, a network I / F unit 207, a local network I / F unit 208, and a printer device I. / F unit 209, CPU 201, ROM 202, RAM 203, storage device I / F 205, display / operation device I / F unit 206, network I / F unit 207, local network I / F unit 208, and printer device I / F The units 209 are connected to each other via the bus 210. In addition, the storage device I / F 205, the display / operation device I / F unit 206, the network I / F unit 207, the local network I / F unit 208, and the printer device I / F unit 209 include a storage device 204, display / operation The apparatus 211, the network 106, the local network 107, and the MFP 102 are connected. The DFE 101 transmits image data corresponding to the print job to the MFP 102 via the printer apparatus I / F unit 209 or receives from the MFP 102.

  The CPU 201 reads out various control programs stored in the ROM 202 to the RAM 203 and executes them. The storage device 204 stores data received from the MFP 102, the client PC 103, or the application servers 104 and 105, for example, data including information regarding the MFP 102 and image data transmitted to the MFP 102. The display / operation device 211 is, for example, a liquid crystal touch panel, and the user inputs an instruction to the DFE 101 via the liquid crystal touch panel or displays a response from the DFE 101.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the software module 300 executed by the CPU 201 in FIG.

  The software module 300 includes a service specific processing unit 301, a service basic processing unit 302, a network I / F processing unit 303, a local network I / F processing unit 304, and a data storage unit 305. These components are stored in the ROM 202. ing.

  The service specific processing unit 301 edits the data received from the service basic processing unit 302. Specifically, when the service specific processing unit 301 receives data including information related to the MFP 102 from the service basic processing unit 302, the information related to the MFP 102 includes information related to the DFE 101 such as image processing, finishing processing, paper size, single side / double side. Information about print settings such as print settings, IP address of DFE 101, information about firewall settings, information about protocol settings, version information of firmware applied to DFE 101, error information when an error occurs in DFE 101, or DFE 101 Is added to the log information, the information regarding the MFP 102 is duplicated, or the information regarding the DFE 101 is extracted from the data including the information regarding the MFP 102. Further, the service specific processing unit 301 collects information regarding the DFE 101.

  The service basic processing unit 302 analyzes the data received from the MFP 102 or the application servers 104 and 105 and transmits the data to the service specific processing unit 301. In addition, the service basic processing unit 302 transfers data received from the MFP 102 to the application servers 104 and 105, for example. Further, the service basic processing unit 302 transmits the data edited by the service specific processing unit 301 to the application servers 104 and 105, for example.

  A network I / F processing unit 303 communicates various data between the DFE 101 and the client PC 103 and the application servers 104 and 105, and a local network I / F processing unit 304 communicates various data between the DFE 101 and the MFP 102. A data storage unit 305 stores data received from the MFP 102 or the application servers 104 and 105 in the storage device 204.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of information editing processing executed by the service specific processing unit 301 in FIG. In the processing of FIG. 4, the DFE 101 receives data including information related to the MFP 102 from the MFP 102, adds information related to the DFE 101 to the received data based on the information related to the MFP 102, and sets the data added with information related to the DFE 101 to the application server 104. , 105.

  4, first, the local network I / F processing unit 304 receives data from the MFP 102, the data storage unit 305 stores the received data in the storage device 204 (step S401), and the service basic processing unit 302 is described later. 5 is executed (step S402), and data stored in the storage device 204 (hereinafter referred to as “stored data”) is transmitted from the MFP 102 to the application servers 104 and 105 by the information transmission function of the MFP 102. It is determined whether the received data (hereinafter referred to as “information transmission function data”) (step S403). The information transmission function of the MFP 102 is a function for transmitting information related to the MFP 102 from the MFP 102 to the application servers 104 and 105.

  As a result of the determination in step S403, when the stored data is information transmission function data, the service basic processing unit 302 transmits the stored data to the service specific processing unit 301, and determines whether or not to add information related to the DFE 101 (step S403). S404). Whether or not to add information related to the DFE 101 is determined based on, for example, information related to the MFP 102 included in the stored data.

  As a result of the determination in step S404, when information related to the DFE 101 is added, the service specific processing unit 301 collects information related to the DFE 101 to be added to the stored data by executing the collection process of FIG. 6 described later (step S405). The additional area for adding the information related to the DFE 101 to the storage data is specified (step S406), the information related to the DFE 101 is added to the specified additional area (step S407), and the storage data to which the information related to the DFE 101 is added is applied to the application. The data is transmitted to the servers 104 and 105 (step S408), and this process ends.

  If it is determined in step S403 that the stored data is not information transmission function data, steps S404 to S407 are skipped and the process proceeds to step S408. If it is determined in step S404 that information related to the DFE 101 is not added, steps S405 to S407 are skipped and the process proceeds to step S408.

  When the storage data to which information related to the DFE 101 is added is transmitted to the application servers 104 and 105, an information browsing screen 700 (FIG. 7) is displayed on the client PC 103. The information browsing screen 700 displays not only information related to the MFP 102 but also information related to the DFE 101.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the transmission function specifying process executed in step S402 of FIG. The processing in FIG. 5 is executed by the service basic processing unit 302.

  5, first, the data received from the MFP 102 is analyzed (step S501), and it is determined whether the data received from the MFP 102 is information transmission function data (step S502). Whether or not the data received from the MFP 102 is information transmission function data is normally determined by analyzing the data received from the MFP 102, but is received from the MFP 102 without analyzing the data received from the MFP 102. Alternatively, the determination may be made based on whether the transmission destination of the data is the application server 104 or 105.

  If it is determined in step S502 that the data received from the MFP 102 is information transmission function data, the data received from the MFP 102 is identified as information transmission function data (step S503), and the data received from the MFP 102 is information transmission. If it is not function data, the data received from the MFP 102 is specified as data other than the information transmission function data (step S504), and this process is terminated.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the collection process executed in step S405 of FIG. The processing in FIG. 6 is executed by the service specific processing unit 301. In the collection process of FIG. 6, information about the DFE 101 is collected based on information about the MFP 102 included in the stored data, and the collected information about the DFE 101 is added to the stored data.

  In FIG. 6, first, it is determined whether or not the information regarding the MFP 102 included in the stored data is the setting information of the MFP 102 (step S601). As a result of the determination in step S601, the information regarding the MFP 102 included in the stored data is When it is setting information, information relating to DFE 101, for example, information relating to print settings such as image processing, finishing processing, paper size, single-sided / double-sided printing setting, information relating to IP address of DFE 101, firewall setting, or information relating to protocol setting Is collected (step S602), the time when the collection is completed is added to the collected information about the DFE 101 (step S603), and the process is terminated. If the information related to the MFP 102 included in the stored data is not the setting information of the MFP 102 as a result of the determination in step S601, it is determined whether the information related to the MFP 102 included in the stored data is the version information of the firmware applied to the MFP 102. (Step S604).

  If the information regarding the MFP 102 included in the stored data is the version information of the firmware applied to the MFP 102 as a result of the determination in step S604, the product name of the DFE 101 is acquired (step S605), and the product destination of the DFE 101 and the DFE 101 The DFE 101 localization information indicating the set language used is acquired (step S606), the DFE 101 version information is acquired (step S607), and the process proceeds to step S603. If it is determined in step S604 that the information regarding the MFP 102 included in the stored data is not the version information of the firmware applied to the MFP 102, it is determined whether the information regarding the MFP 102 included in the stored data is a paper jam log of the MFP 102. (Step S608).

  As a result of the determination in step S608, when the information relating to the MFP 102 included in the stored data is a paper jam log of the MFP 102, information relating to print settings and a log relating to a print job being executed when the paper jam occurs in the MFP 102 are collected. (Step S609) The process proceeds to Step S603, and the information regarding the MFP 102 included in the stored data is not a paper jam log of the MFP 102 (when the information regarding the MFP 102 included in the stored data is a log when an error occurs in the MFP 102) (Step S610). ), Information relating to print settings as information relating to the DFE 101 and a log of the DFE 101 when an error occurs in the MFP 102 (step S611), and are executed in the DFE 101 when an error occurs in the MFP 102. That the processing conditions to collect (queue state) (step S612), the process proceeds to collect information about Similarly DFE101 the step S602 (step S613) step S603.

  According to the process of FIG. 4, when data is received from the MFP 102 (step S401) and the received data is information transmission function data (YES in step S403), the data is based on information about the MFP 102 included in the received data. The information related to the DFE 101 to be added to the information transmission function data is collected (step S405), the collected information related to the DFE 101 is added to the information transmission function data addition area (step S407), and the information related to the DFE 101 is sent to the application servers 104 and 105. Since the information transmission function data to which DFE is added is transmitted (step S408), it is avoided that the information regarding the DFE 101 is transmitted to the application servers 104 and 105 only when the transmission of the information regarding the DFE 101 is instructed. Application server 104 and 105 may automatically receive information about DFE101 in need when checking MFP102 relates information.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The configuration and operation of the second embodiment of the present invention are basically the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and the error information of the MFP 102 when an error occurs in the MFP 102 and the error information are associated with the error information. Time information is added to the information related to the DFE 101, the error information of the MFP 102 to which the time information is added and the information related to the DFE 101 are stored in the storage device 204, and the stored information related to the DFE 101 is added to the stored data. This is different from the first embodiment. Hereinafter, description of the duplicated configuration and operation will be omitted, and only different configuration and operation will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a first storage process for storing, in the storage device 204, information related to the DFE 101 to which time information is given when an error occurs in the MFP 102 in FIG.

  In FIG. 8, first, the local network I / F processing unit 304 receives error information of the MFP 102 from the MFP 102 (step S801), transmits the received error information of the MFP 102 to the service basic processing unit 310, and the service basic processing unit. 310 executes the collection process of FIG. 6 and collects information about the DFE 101 related to the error information of the MFP 102 (step S802). Next, the service basic processing unit 310 secures an area for storing the collected information about the DFE 101 (hereinafter referred to as “storage area”) in the storage device 204 (step S803), and collects the collected information about the DFE 101 and the MFP 102. The time information is added to the error information, each piece of information to which the time information is added is stored in the storage area of the storage device 204 (step S804), and this process ends.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of information editing processing executed by the service specific processing unit 301 in FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a modification of the information editing process of FIG. 4, and the processes of steps S401 to S404 and S406 to S408 of FIG. 9 are the same as the processes of steps S401 to S404 and S406 to S408 of FIG. Therefore, only the differences from the processing of FIG. 4 will be described below. It is assumed that the stored data includes time information at the time of error occurrence when an error occurs in the MFP 102.

  As a result of the determination in step S404, when information related to the DFE 101 is added, error information of the MFP 102 stored in the storage device 204 in step S804 and time information attached to the error information (hereinafter referred to as “storage error information”). It is determined whether or not error information and time information (hereinafter referred to as “stored data possession information”) coincident with each other are included (step S901).

  As a result of the determination in step S901, when the stored data does not include stored data possession information that matches the storage error information, steps S902 and S406 to S407, which will be described later, are skipped, and the process proceeds to step S408, and the stored data becomes the storage error information. When the matching stored data possession information is included, the information regarding the DFE 101 stored in the storage device 204 and given the time information is acquired in step S804 (step S902), and the process proceeds to step S406.

  8, the error information of the MFP 102 is received from the MFP 102 (step S801), information about the DFE 101 related to the error information of the MFP 102 is collected (step S802), the collected information about the DFE 101 and the error of the MFP 102 are collected. Since the time information is added to the information and each information is stored in the storage device 204 (step S804), even if it takes time to recognize the error generated from the MFP 102, the application servers 104 and 105 are used. Can accurately acquire information related to the DFE 101 when an error occurs.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The configuration and operation of the third embodiment of the present invention are basically the same as those of the first embodiment described above. When an error occurs in the DFE 101, the MFP 102 is notified that an error has occurred. This is different from the first embodiment of the present invention in that respect. Hereinafter, the description of the duplicated configuration and operation will be omitted, and a description of the different configuration and operation will be given.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a second storage process for storing information related to the DFE 101 in the storage device 204 when an error occurs in the DFE 101 in FIG.

  In FIG. 10, first, the service basic processing unit 302 analyzes an error that has occurred in the DFE 101 (step S1001), and determines whether or not to transmit the analyzed error to the application servers 104 and 105 (step S1002). As a result of the determination in step S1002, when the analyzed error is not transmitted to the application servers 104 and 105, this processing is terminated, and when the analyzed error is transmitted to the application servers 104 and 105, the service specific processing unit 301 is described later. Error information collection processing (FIG. 11) is executed to collect information about the DFE 101 related to the error information of the DFE 101 (step S1003).

  Next, the service basic processing unit 302 secures an area for storing information about the collected DFE 101 (hereinafter referred to as “error related information storage area”) in the storage device 204 (step S1004), and relates to the collected DFE 101. The time information is added to the information, the information about the DFE 101 to which the time information is added is stored in the error-related information storage area of the storage device 204 (step S1005), and the MFP 102 is notified that an error has occurred (step S1006). Then, the MFP 102 is requested to transmit the information transmission function data to the application servers 104 and 105 (step S1007), and this process is terminated.

  The MFP 102 transmits the information transmission function data to the application servers 104 and 105 based on the transmission request of the information transmission function data from the DFE 101. When the DFE 101 receives the transmitted information transmission function data, the information regarding the DFE 101 is received. It is added to the information transmission function data and transmitted to the application servers 104 and 105.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure of error information collection processing in step S1003 of FIG. The process in FIG. 11 is executed by the service specific processing unit 301. It is assumed that the error analyzed in step S1001 in FIG. 10 is a print job process error or a connection error with the MFP 102. The process error of the print job is, for example, an activation error of an application that executes the print job.

  In FIG. 11, first, it is determined whether or not an error that has occurred in the DFE 101 is a process error of a print job (step S1101). If it is determined in step S1101 that the error that has occurred in the DFE 101 is a process error of the print job, a log related to the print job that causes the error (hereinafter referred to as “error job”) in the log information of the DFE 101 is displayed. Information (step S1102), information about print settings of the error job is collected (step S1103), information about the DFE 101 is collected similarly to step S602 of FIG. 6 (step S1104), and the collected information about the DFE 101 is collected. The completion time is assigned (step S1105), and the process is terminated.

  When the error occurring in the DFE 101 is not a process error of the print job (when the error occurring in the DFE 101 is a connection error with the MFP 102), various processes such as processing of a print job and image data stored in the storage device 204 of the DFE 101 Log information regarding the process is collected (step S1106), and the process proceeds to step S1104.

  According to the processing in FIG. 10, the MFP 102 is notified that an error has occurred in the DFE 101 (step S <b> 1006), so that the MFP 102 can grasp that an error has occurred in the DFE 101.

  Further, the MFP 102 is notified that an error has occurred in the DFE 101 (step S1006), and the MFP 102 is requested to transmit the information transmission function data to the application servers 104 and 105 (step S1007). Can grasp the error information of the DFE 101, so that the user can confirm the error information of the DFE 101.

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The fourth embodiment of the present invention is basically the same in configuration and operation as the first embodiment described above, and the MFP 102 transmits information transmission function data to the application servers 104 and 105, and the application server 104 and 105 differ from the first embodiment of the present invention in that information is extracted from the response data when response data responding to the information transmission function data is transmitted to the MFP 102. Hereinafter, the description of the duplicated configuration and operation will be omitted, and a description of the different configuration and operation will be given.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the extraction process executed by the service basic processing unit 302 in FIG.

  In FIG. 12, first, the network I / F processing unit 303 receives response data transmitted from the application servers 104 and 105 to the MFP 102 (step S1201). The received response data is stored in the storage device 204. The service basic processing unit 302 analyzes the response data and determines whether the response data includes information extracted by the DFE 101 (hereinafter referred to as “extract information”) (step S1202). The excerpt information includes, for example, version information of firmware applied to the DFE 101 and information regarding communication intervals of information transmission function data of the MFP 102 and the application servers 104 and 105.

  As a result of the determination in step S1202, when there is no excerpt information in the response data, step S1203 to be described later is skipped and the response data is transferred to the MFP 102 (step S1204). This process ends, and there is excerpt information in the response data. The excerpt information is stored in the storage device 204 (step S1203), and the process proceeds to step S1204. The DFE 101 may duplicate the excerpt information included in the response data and store the duplicated excerpt information in the storage device 204.

  12, the response data transmitted from the application servers 104 and 105 to the MFP 102 is received (step S1201), and when the response data includes the extraction information (YES in step S1202), the extraction information is stored in the storage device 204. (Step S1203) and the response data is transmitted to the MFP 102 (step S1204). Therefore, it is possible to prevent the information regarding the DFE 101 that is not directly related to the MFP 102 from being transmitted to the image forming apparatus.

  The excerpt information is stored in the storage device 204 (step S1203). When the stored excerpt information is information related to the communication interval of the information transmission function data of the MFP 102 and the application servers 104 and 105, the DFE 101 prepares information related to the DFE 101 to be added to the information transmission function data in advance using the communication interval. Can do.

  The present invention supplies a program that realizes one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus via a network or a storage medium, and one or more processors in a computer of the system or apparatus read the program. It can also be realized by processing executed in the above. The present invention can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

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Claims (9)

In an image processing system comprising an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus connected to each other via a network, and an image forming apparatus connected to the image processing apparatus,
The image processing apparatus includes:
Receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the information processing apparatus;
Identifying means for analyzing the received data to obtain information relating to the image forming apparatus and identifying information relating to the image processing apparatus to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus based on the obtained information relating to the image forming apparatus; ,
An image processing system comprising: transmission means for adding information relating to the specified image processing apparatus to the received data and transmitting the information to the information processing apparatus.   The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus further includes an adding unit that adds time information to the received data or information about the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes:
The image processing system according to claim 2, further comprising: a storage unit that stores data to which the time information is added in the image processing apparatus when the information related to the image forming apparatus is error information. The image processing apparatus includes:
When the information related to the image processing device is error information, other storage means for storing in the image processing device information related to the image processing device to which the time information is given,
4. The image processing system according to claim 2, further comprising notification means for notifying the image forming apparatus of error information. The image processing apparatus includes:
5. The image processing system according to claim 4, further comprising request means for requesting the image forming apparatus to transmit data to the information processing apparatus when the error information is notified to the image forming apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes:
Receiving means for receiving response data for the data from the information processing apparatus;
An extractor for extracting information about the image processing device from the response data;
The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits the response data after information on the image processing apparatus is extracted to the image forming apparatus. An image processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus and connected to an information processing apparatus via a network,
Receiving means for receiving data transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the information processing apparatus;
Identifying means for analyzing the received data to obtain information relating to the image forming apparatus and identifying information relating to the image processing apparatus to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus based on the obtained information relating to the image forming apparatus; ,
An image processing apparatus comprising: transmission means for adding information relating to the specified image processing apparatus to the received data and transmitting the information to the information processing apparatus. An image processing system control method comprising an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus connected to each other via a network, and an image forming apparatus connected to the image processing apparatus,
A receiving step of receiving data transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the information processing apparatus;
A specifying step of analyzing the received data to acquire information relating to the image forming apparatus, and specifying information relating to the image processing apparatus to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus based on the acquired information relating to the image forming apparatus; ,
A control method for an image processing system, comprising: a transmission step of adding information relating to the specified image processing device to the received data and transmitting the information to the information processing device. A program for causing a computer to execute a control method of an image processing system including an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus connected to each other via a network, and an image forming apparatus connected to the image processing apparatus,
The control method of the image processing system is:
A receiving step of receiving data transmitted from the image forming apparatus to the information processing apparatus;
A specifying step of analyzing the received data to acquire information relating to the image forming apparatus, and specifying information relating to the image processing apparatus to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus based on the acquired information relating to the image forming apparatus; ,
A program comprising: a transmission step of adding information relating to the specified image processing apparatus to the received data and transmitting the information to the information processing apparatus.

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