Information management system, information management method, and cartridge

• Main Author: ASAHI TOSHIHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 09.02.2021
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS

The present invention provides an Information management system, information management method, and cartridge. According to one embodiment, the information management system includes a storage deviceand a control unit. The storage device is provided in a management server communicatively connected to an image forming apparatus to which a cartridge having a consumable item is detachably attached,via a network, and stores information on the consumable item or the cartridge. The control unit limits a predetermined function related to image formation of the image forming apparatus when, based onidentification information indicating the cartridge stored in a cartridge storage device provided in the cartridge attached to the image forming apparatus, information on the consumable item or the cartridge is acquired from the storage device, and the acquired information satisfies a predetermined condition indicating that the cartridge is not a genuine cartridge. 提供信息管理系统、信息管理方法及盒。实施方式的信息管理系统具有存储装置和控制部。存储装置配备于与可装拆地安装有具有消