Administration method and administrative program regarding information on devices connected to network

摘要

An administrative program that causes a computer to perform a step (S3) of requesting the transmission of information regarding the status of a collection flag that indicates the execution of an information collection routine from the administrative apparatuses that can execute an information collection routine in which administrative information is collected from the copying machine connected to the LAN, and a step (S5) of requesting, when information indicating a positive collection flag status is received, the transmission of the collected information from the administrative apparatus from which such information is received.