Patent ID: 8395789

Claim:
A management apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of image forming apparatuses that includes a display portion and that allows a user to observe, on the display portion, counter information for a counter type set to be displayed therein, the management apparatus comprising: a counter information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, counter information for a counter type set to be displayed on the display portion of each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses; and a specifying unit configured to specify a counter type of counter information to be obtained from an inhibited image forming apparatus on the basis of a counter type obtained from a non-inhibited image forming apparatus, wherein the non-inhibited image forming apparatus allows obtainment of the counter type set to be displayed therein and the inhibited image forming apparatus does not allow obtainment of the counter type set to be displayed therein, and wherein the counter information obtaining unit is configured to obtain the counter information for the counter type specified by the specifying unit from the inhibited image forming apparatus.