Patent ID: 6459496
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06F,G06K,Y02D

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus which serves as a host unit for communicating to a plurality of printing apparatuses via a network, each of the printing apparatuses including internal components that are set in a sleep state when power supply to the components is reduced or in a print-ready state when power is supplied to the components, said information processing apparatus comprising:request means for requesting status information of each of the plurality of printing apparatuses via the network; receiving means for receiving the status information from each of the plurality of printing apparatuses requested by said request means; identifying means for identifying each of the plurality of printing apparatuses as being either in the sleep state or in the print-ready state based on the status information; and user-interface means for controlling a display status of each of the plurality of printing apparatuses on a same window so as to indicate each printing apparatus as being in the sleep state or in the print-ready state, based on a respective result of identification of said identifying means.