US 11,747,748 B2
Image forming system, server, image forming apparatus and management method
Takashi Sugiyama, Okazaki (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,873.
Application 17/810,873 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/045638, filed on Dec. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-000887 (JP), filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0334510 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0863 (2013.01) [G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1239 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0697 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming system, comprising:
a server; and
an image forming device,
wherein the image forming device is configured to communicate with the server via a network and comprises:
a main body;
a consumable cartridge detachably attached to the main body, the consumable cartridge having a consumable memory configured to store type information indicating a particular operation mode;
a controller configured to perform a process corresponding to any of a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which the server does not manage printing using the consumable cartridge in accordance with the type information, the second mode being a mode in which the server manages printing using the consumable cartridge in accordance with the type information; and
a print mechanism configured to perform a printing process based on control by the controller,
wherein the server is configured to perform:
an operation mode changing request obtaining process of obtaining an operation mode changing request to change an operation mode of the controller to one of the first mode and the second mode; and
an operation mode changing instruction transmitting process of transmitting an operation mode changing instruction to set the operation mode of the controller to one of the first mode and the second mode in accordance with the operation mode changing request obtained in the operation mode changing request obtaining process, and
wherein the controller is configured to perform an operation mode setting process of setting of the operation mode in accordance with the operation mode setting instruction transmitted in the operation mode changing instruction transmitting process.