Patent ID: 7755784

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: an interface configured to communicate with a remote device via a communication medium; and processing circuitry configured to access first configuration data to control an operation of the image forming device according to a first configuration to form hard images upon media during a first period of time, to monitor the formation of hard images upon the media during the first period of time, to control the interface to communicate usage data corresponding to the monitoring, and to access second configuration data received from the remote device as a result of the communication of the usage data, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to access the second configuration data to control the operation of the image forming device according to a second configuration different than the first configuration to form the hard images upon the media during a second period of time after the first period of time, and wherein the second configuration data is tailored to a type of usage of the image forming device occurring during the first period of time as indicated by the usage data.