Patent ID: 8364047
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A system comprising a management apparatus communicating with an image forming apparatus via a network and the image forming apparatus including a toner supply unit having a stationary toner container and a replaceable toner container, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: a fist notification unit configured to notify the management apparatus of a toner-low notification with respect to the stationary toner container; and a second notification unit configured to notify the management apparatus of a replaceability notification with respect to the replaceable toner container when impossibility of toner supply from the replaceable toner container to the stationary toner container is detected, and wherein the management apparatus comprises: a first receiving unit configured to receive from the image forming apparatus the toner-low notification; a second receiving unit configured to receive from the image forming apparatus the replaceability notification; and a management unit configured to manage a stock quantity of the replaceable toner containers based on device identification information of the image forming apparatus and at least one of the toner-low notification received by the first receiving unit and the replaceability notification received by the second receiving unit.