Image forming system and monitoring method in which an image forming apparatus is monitored via a server

摘要

A server, image forming apparatus, image forming system, or monitoring method allows an administrator an intuitive, visual grasp of the status of an image forming apparatus and helps reduce the load on network communication. The server has a template code/character data acquirer that acquires, from an image forming apparatus having a display displaying a panel image, a template code corresponding to a template image included in the panel image and character data included in the panel image; and a panel image generator that reads, from a storage storing a template image, the template image corresponding to the template code and that generates the panel image by combining together the template image read and the character data acquired from the image forming apparatus.

主权项

1. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus connected to a network; and a server connected to the network, the image forming apparatus including:
a display configured to display a panel image; anda template code/character data feeder configured to feed a template code corresponding to a template image included in the panel image and character data included in the panel image to the server, the server including:
a template code/character data acquirer configured to acquire, from the image forming apparatus, the template code corresponding to the template image included in the panel image and the character data included in the panel image; anda panel image generator configured
to read, from a storage configured to store a template image, the template image corresponding to the template code andto generate the panel image by combining together the template image read and the character data acquired from the image forming apparatus.