Patent ID: 7885551
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A terminal apparatus capable of communicating with a printing apparatus through a network, the terminal apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit for acquiring information about the residual quantity of a consumable of the printing apparatus from the printing apparatus; a first determining unit for determining whether the consumable is in a first state or a second state based on the acquired residual quantity; a storing unit for storing a setting indicating whether to display information about the consumable in the first state; a second determining unit for determining whether to display information about the consumable in the first state, based on the stored setting; a first display change unit for changing a display, when the consumable is in the first state, from a “display” mode in which the first state is displayed to a “no-display” mode in which the first state is not displayed; and a second display change unit for changing the display, when the consumable is in the second state, from the “no-display” mode to the “display” mode.