| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress a network traffic increase and improve performance. <P>SOLUTION: A device management system networks a printer and a host computer such that the host computer manages the status of the printer. When the host computer acquires information from the printer, the host computer first acquires information as to whether the printer is in an energy saving mode (Step S103) and acquires different information according to whether or not the printer is in the energy saving mode (Step S104 or S106) to avoid canceling the energy saving mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT</p> |
