INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, HEAD MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND HEAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

To provide an information processing apparatus, a head management method, and a head management system that can reduce a period during which an image forming apparatus cannot be used.SOLUTION: A server 10 is an information processing apparatus that is connected with a printer and manages delivery of...

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Main Authors NAKAMURA YUKI, SATO KATSUAKI, SAKURAI KENYA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 06.12.2023
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME
LINING MACHINES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PRINTING
SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS
STAMPS
TRANSPORTING
TYPEWRITERS
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Summary:To provide an information processing apparatus, a head management method, and a head management system that can reduce a period during which an image forming apparatus cannot be used.SOLUTION: A server 10 is an information processing apparatus that is connected with a printer and manages delivery of a print head with which a print head mounted in the printer can be replaced, and the server comprises: a replacement information acquisition unit 16 that acquires, from the printer, replacement information indicating that the print head mounted in the printer has been replaced with the delivered print head; and a replacement processing unit 17 that, when the replacement information acquisition unit 16 acquires the replacement information, instructs additional delivery of a print head.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】画像形成装置が使用できない期間を短縮することが可能な情報処理装置、ヘッド管理方法、及びヘッド管理システムを提供する。【解決手段】サーバー１０は、プリンターに接続され、プリンターに装着されている印刷ヘッドと交換が可能な印刷ヘッドの配送を管理する情報処理装置であって、プリンターに装着されている印刷ヘッドが、配送された印刷ヘッドに交換されたことを示す交換情報をプリンターから取得する交換情報取得部１６と、交換情報取得部１６が交換情報を取得した場合に、新たな印刷ヘッドの配送を指示する交換処理部１７と、を備える。【選択図】図３
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20220084335