US 11,983,452 B2
Information processing apparatus, control method, information processing system and server
Kazunari Shishido, Kanagawa (JP); and Hayato Shirai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/209,558.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-061431 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0304337 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1239 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1287 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus capable of communicating with a server, comprising:
a receiving unit that receives information on an agreement period of a predetermined agreement from the server;
a setting unit that sets the printing apparatus to a first state or a second state based on a current time and date and an agreement start date indicated by the information on the agreement period, the first state being a state in which a predetermined service based on the predetermined agreement is unavailable, the second state being a state in which the predetermined service is available, wherein the predetermined service is a service that allows use of a specific container containing a coloring material used for printing; and
a display unit that displays, in a case where the printing apparatus is set to the first state based on the current time and date and the agreement start date indicated by the information received from the server, a first message that indicates that the specific container is unusable, and displays, in a case where the printing apparatus is set to the second state based on the current time and date and the agreement start date indicated by the information received from the server, a second message that indicates that the specific container is usable,
wherein the printing apparatus performs printing by using the specific container in a case where the specific container is attached to the printing apparatus and the printing apparatus is set to the second state by the setting unit.