| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set a suitable operation information transmission schedule in an image forming apparatus with full consideration of a management load and a user operation state. <P>SOLUTION: A management apparatus 100 identifies, based on information registered in a database, a plurality of image forming apparatuses which include overlapping department IDs (S801-S803). The management apparatus 100 then manages the plurality of identified image forming apparatuses in a group when the plurality of identified image forming apparatuses is less than a predetermined maximum value (S804). The management apparatus 100 determines a transmission schedule for each of a plurality of the managed groups so that department counter information is transmitted from the image forming apparatuses belonging to each group at intervals of at least a first time period (S807-S814). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT</p> |
