摘要 |
PURPOSE: To reduce the downtime caused by the shortage of the stock of consumables in an image forming device. CONSTITUTION: The data on the number of supplied sheets and the data on stock of every paper supply cassette in a copying machine are stored in a data base for controlling a copying machine constructed in an external storage device. Based on the data on the number of supplied sheets, the stock amount of paper of every size is updated and the delivery plan of the consumables is formed in accordance with the delivery condition set by a delivery condition setting screen 91. |