IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT SERVER THEREOF

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APP PUB NO 20130135669A1
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13678698

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A server includes: a receiving unit receiving, from each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a schedule including information related to a period in which each image forming apparatus enters an energy saving mode; an analyzing unit analyzing the received schedules group by group; a changing unit changing the schedule or schedules of image forming apparatuses belonging to each group in accordance with the result of analysis; and a transmitting unit transmitting the changed schedule to a corresponding image forming apparatus. Each image forming apparatus operates in accordance with the schedule transmitted from the server. Thus, image forming apparatuses belonging to a group as a whole can be operated appropriately.

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SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TAKUMI-CHO SAKAI-KU SAKAI CITY OSAKA 590-8522 590-8522

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IDE, Takashi Osaka, JP 37 219

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