Patent ID: 7505161

Claim:
A method for maintenance of a printing or copying system, comprising the steps of: providing at least two system computers comprising a central device control computer that activates a plurality of aggregates and a raster process computer connected with the device control computer, and a print data network connection for incoming print data or copy data to be rastered connected to said raster process computer, said raster process computer also being a service connection computer that comprises a maintenance data connection which is separate from said print data network connection; connecting a maintenance computer to the maintenance data connection; turning on the service connection computer; establishing a network connection between the service connection computer and the maintenance computer via which at least a minimal data exchange is possible; testing the network connection as to whether operating system data are available at the network connection, and if such data are available, loading said operating system data from the maintenance computer through the network connection into the service connection computer before testing of a hard drive connection between said service connection computer and a hard drive in the printing or copying system; and loading control programs from the maintenance computer onto the service connection computer via the network connection.