Patent ID: 11892792
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. A method of managing an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
identifying a possible first toner refill quantity of a plurality of grouped image forming apparatuses;
identifying a possibility of toner refill for each of the image forming apparatuses which are subjects of toner refill within the group based on the identified possible first toner refill quantity of the plurality of image forming apparatuses and a toner quantity of one toner refill apparatus; and
providing a guide message, in response to identifying the possibility of toner refill for each of the image forming apparatuses which are subjects of toner refill within the group, including information on a time point of toner refill of the plurality of grouped image forming apparatuses, each of the image forming apparatuses which is a subject of toner refill within the group, and a possible second toner refill quantity of each of the image forming apparatuses at the time point of toner refill based on the identified possibility of toner refill.