Patent ID: 7869084

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for carrying out information processing needed to recover from a defective function of a droplet discharging apparatus connected with said information processing apparatus via a communication channel, said information processing apparatus comprising: a communication unit for receiving status information from said droplet discharging apparatus; an analysis unit for analyzing either detected values of changes in status of a monitored object or a use history of said monitored object, said detected values or said use history having been acquired as said status information from said droplet discharging apparatus; and a presentation unit for presenting an end user with a probable cause of a detected defect in said monitored object in either textual or visual form, said probable cause having been isolated through analysis by said analysis unit, wherein, if a change of a driving condition for said droplet discharging apparatus is found conducive to recovering from said defective function of said droplet discharging apparatus, then said driving condition is replaced by a recommended value.