| 摘要 |
A management server is provided. The management server includes a reception unit which receives information regarding expendable supplies status from at least one image forming apparatus, a storage unit which stores a management condition for each item of expendable supplies of the at least one image forming apparatus, a management unit which manages expendable supplies in an automatic management mode or in a manual management mode according to the stored management condition for each item of expendable supplies, and a controller which changes an expendable supplies management mode for each item of each image forming apparatus by resetting an expendable supplies management condition for each item of the at least one image forming apparatus according to expendable supplies management status of each of the at least one image forming apparatus. Accordingly, an order for expendable supplies may be placed effectively.
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