Patent ID: 11947857
Assignee: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. An inkjet printer system, comprising:
a repeater of a portable type that includes a carriageable storage unit and is interposed between an inkjet printer and a server,
wherein the inkjet printer and the repeater are communicated with each other over short-range wireless to transmit print related data either from the inkjet printer to the repeater or from the repeater to the inkjet printer, and the repeater and the server are communicated with each other over a communication network to transmit the print related data either from the server to the repeater or from the repeater to the server,
wherein the server is capable of communicating over the communication network with access terminal equipment externally located, and the access terminal equipment is invested with authority to allow viewing of the print related data in the server, and
wherein update control software for the inkjet printer is sent to the server from the access terminal equipment over the communication network,
the update control software sent to the repeater from the server over the communication network is stored in the storage unit installed in the repeater, and the update control software stored in the storage unit is sent to the inkjet printer from the repeater over the short-range wireless.