JP3258267B2 - OA device with maintenance information transmission function and maintenance information transmission method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an OA device having a maintenance information transmitting function for transmitting various types of maintenance information on the last day of a month, and a storage device.
Information transmission method .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, LBP (Laser Beam Printer)
In the case of OA equipment such as printers and fax machines, if maintenance items such as replacement of toner by a serviceman and repairs such as fixing unit abnormalities and fan failures occur, maintenance information necessary for these maintenances is automatically sent to the user. The transmission is done without bothering. In addition, there is a function of transmitting maintenance information such as the number of transmissions, the number of receptions, the number of recordings for each cassette, and the like of the apparatus every month designated by the setting of each apparatus. The purpose of this is to investigate the usage of the user and know in advance the exact replacement time of the consumables, and to detect the possibility of replacement of the consumables and occurrence of a failure. As a result, the user can always use the device in a comfortable condition.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, when transmission is desired at the end of the month, for example, the 31st day of the last day of Otsuki is set. In this case, the end of the month is 28 /
In a month without 31 which is a small moon on the 29th or 30th,
Maintenance information cannot be sent. Therefore, in order to secure the transmission of maintenance information in all months, the minimum
Must be set to 8 days. In this case, if the last day of the month is 29 or more months, the maintenance information is transmitted on the day before the end of the month, and the management of the maintenance information that is not true at the end of the month is forced.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a maintenance information transmission function OA equipment and maintenance information transmission method for transmitting various types of maintenance information to accurately.

[0005]

The present invention adopts the following constitution in order to solve the above problems.

An OA with a maintenance information transmitting function according to claim 1
The inventions related to equipment include maintenance information such as usage status and equipment information.
And a memory for storing a call date for transmitting the maintenance information, a setting means for setting the call date, and a current date.
Sends the maintenance information when the call date matches
If the current date and the call date do not match,
In any case, the current date is the last day of the month and the current date is the
The maintenance information if the date is earlier than the
And a control means for performing the control .

With this configuration, the current date and the call date match.
If necessary, send maintenance information, and
If the current date is the last day of the month and the current date is
Send maintenance information if it is before the call date.
When the current date is the last day of the month and before the call date,
In this case, maintenance information is sent.
Maintenance information can be sent on the last day of the month. Also currently
The current date is later than the call date even if the date is the last day of the month
If you do not send maintenance information,
If set before the end of the month, only the call date
Send maintenance information and do not send maintenance information on the last day of the month
This prevents duplicate maintenance information from being sent within the same month.
The maintenance information can be transmitted accurately.

[0008]

[0009] Related Service Information transmission method according to claim 2, wherein
The invention is based on maintenance information such as usage status and equipment information, and this maintenance information.
Set the call date to send the information and accumulate, the current date and the
If the call date matches, the maintenance information is sent and the current
Even if the residence date does not match the call date, the current
If the date is the last day of the month and the current date is before the call date
If the date is a day, the maintenance information is transmitted .

With this configuration, the current date and the call date match.
If necessary, send maintenance information, and
If the current date is the last day of the month and the current date is
Send maintenance information if it is before the call date.
When the current date is the last day of the month and before the call date,
In this case, maintenance information is sent.
Maintenance information can be sent on the last day of the month. Also currently
The current date is later than the call date even if the date is the last day of the month
If you do not send maintenance information,
If set before the end of the month, only the call date
Send maintenance information and do not send maintenance information on the last day of the month
This prevents duplicate maintenance information from being sent within the same month.
The maintenance information can be transmitted accurately.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an OA device having a maintenance information transmitting function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a control unit 1 for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus and controlling transmission of maintenance information based on a predetermined call date.
An operation unit 2 for exchanging predetermined information such as a call date between the operator and the device by using switch information or screen display, a reading unit 3 for reading a transmission original, a recording unit 4 for printing a received image, and use by a user. It comprises a memory unit 5 for storing maintenance information such as status, and a facsimile mutual communication unit 6.

In the connection relationship between the above-described components, the control unit 1 and the operation unit 2, the reading unit 3, the recording unit 4, the memory unit 5, and the mutual communication unit 6 are interconnected with the control unit 1 as a center. It is connected to the. Further, the mutual communication unit 6 is connected to a line so that maintenance information can be exchanged with the outside. In the present embodiment, a center device (not shown) is connected to the end of the line, receives maintenance information transmitted from the facsimile device, and performs overall management of a plurality of OA devices including the facsimile device. Is done.

An operation example of the facsimile apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

First, in step (hereinafter referred to as ST) 1, a call date and time function process is started. This process is performed, for example, every minute. In ST2, it is determined whether or not there is a call date and time function. If "YES", the process proceeds to ST3.

In ST3, it is checked whether or not the current date matches the call date. If the check results in ST3 match (ST3 / YES), the process jumps to ST7. If they do not match (ST3 / NO), ST4
Proceed to get the next day from the current date.

Here, the "call date" refers to a set date for automatically supplying maintenance information to the center device (hereinafter, simply referred to as a set date). In the present embodiment, the call date includes the year, month, day, hour, and minute, and the call date is set by, for example, an operator operating a predetermined switch included in the operation unit 2 or a screen display unit.

In ST4, the next day is obtained from the current date. The next day is the day after the leap year is considered.
The calculation of the next day may be performed according to a calendar stored in advance.

In ST5, based on the next day obtained in ST4, it is checked whether or not the current day is the last day of the month, "is the next day one day (current day = last day of the month)?". According to this check, even when the current date and the call date are different, the next day from the current date is obtained in consideration of the leap year, and the next day is 1
If it is a day, it is determined that the current day is the last day of the month. ST5
If the result of this check is "NO", the subsequent check and the "transmission execution" of ST9 are not performed, and the process of this flowchart is ended (ST10).

In ST6, it is checked whether the current date is less than the call date in the procedure "current date <call date?" If the check result is "YES", the next ST7
Then, if "NO", the process of this flowchart is ended (ST10). The check in ST6 prevents execution of transmission of duplicate maintenance information in the same month when the call date is set to a date before the end of the month.

By the above-described processes of ST3, S4, S5, and S6, different end-of-month small moons less than the call date are captured.

In ST7, the match between the current time and the call time, "current time = call time?" Is checked. ST
At 8, a check is made for a match between the current minute and the call minute "current minute = call minute?" By ST7 and S8, management up to the hour and minute of the maintenance information providing process is enabled. These ST
If “7” and S8 are “YES”, the process proceeds to ST9. If the result of the check is “NO”, the subsequent check and the “transmission execution” of ST9 are not performed, and the process of this flowchart is ended (ST10).

In ST7 and S8, the transmission of the maintenance information is managed and executed until the hour and minute, so that the centralized transmission of the maintenance information to the facsimile apparatus and the center apparatus which manages other OA equipment is decentralized. Let it. By this processing, the state management operation of various OA devices under the control of the center device is smoothed, and the area where the OA device is installed, the type of the device,
It becomes easy to separate information according to other conditions. Further, newer maintenance information can be automatically acquired systematically based on a predetermined maintenance management order.

At ST9, a maintenance information transmission execution process (ST9) is performed, and the process of this flowchart is ended (ST9).
10). The above-mentioned maintenance information refers to maintenance information such as replacement of toner and replenishment of recording paper in OA equipment such as an LBP and a facsimile machine, and information on items requiring repair such as fixing unit abnormality and fan failure.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, if the current date and the call date match, the maintenance information
And the current date and the call date do not match
Also, if the current date is the last day of the month and the current date is before the call date
In some cases, by sending maintenance information,
Send maintenance information if the last day of the month is before the call date
I believe that on the last day of the month,
Can send maintenance information. Also, if the current date is the last day of the month,
If the current date is later than the call date,
By not sending, the call date will be earlier than the end of the month
If set to, maintenance information is sent only on the call day.
Because maintenance information is not sent on the last day of the month,
Duplicate maintenance information can be prevented from being sent,
Can be transmitted accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus to which an OA device with a maintenance information transmission function according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Operation part 3 Reading part 4 Recording part 5 Memory part 6 Mutual communication part

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-4-318753 (JP, A) JP-A-9-22227 (JP, A) JP-A-10-93754 (JP, A) JP-A 8- 32736 (JP, A) JP-A-4-70769 (JP, A) JP-A-3-256062 (JP, A) JP-A-3-112263 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04N 1/00-1/00 108 B41J 29/38 G03G 21/00 388

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method of use, such as status and device information of the maintenance information Toko
A memory unit for storing a call date for transmitting maintenance information; setting means for setting the call date;
Sending the maintenance information when the call date matches
If the current date and the call date do not match,
The current date is the last day of the month and the current date is the call
If the date is earlier than the date, send the maintenance information
An OA device having a maintenance information transmitting function, comprising: a control unit . 2. Maintenance information such as usage status / device information and the like
Set and accumulate the call date to send the maintenance information, the current date
Sends the maintenance information when the call date matches
If the current date does not match the call date,
The current date is the last day of the month and the current date is after the call date
Maintenance information transmission method and transmits the maintenance information in the case is also the day before.