JPH03256059A - Information setting system for recorder control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently set information by reading out data from a file concerning a relay device and a control device, updating the data and transmitting and setting the updated data to the relay device and the control device. CONSTITUTION:The relay device 2 sums and holds the control data of the plural control devices 3-1 to 3-N, and the data held by the respective relay devices 2 and 9 are collected by a host computer 1 so as to sum the data classified by the control device and registered code to perform processing for computing charge and the like. At the same time, information such as the ID codes of the respective relay devices 2 and 9 and the respective control devices 3-1 to 3-N, a charge counting system and paper size is registered in the host computer 1 and is set in the respective relay devices and the respective control devices by communication. Thus, the burden in information setting work is reduced and the set information is controlled en bloc by the host computer 1, thereby easily finding out and correcting errors in setting.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention provides an information setting method for a recording device management system that manages recording devices such as copying machines for a plurality of users by classifying them for each user. Regarding.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, recording devices such as fax machines, copying machines, and printers are shared by multiple departments in order to increase usage efficiency. The cost of using a recording device is usually budgeted for each department, so if the device is shared by multiple departments, the usage status of the recording device must be managed separately for each department. There are two points. To deal with this, a copying machine management device has already been proposed, taking a copying machine as an example, which can aggregate and manage the number of copies for each paper size for each department (for example, see Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-35343). ) has been done. This device grants permission to use a copying machine based on the reading operation of a recording medium such as a magnetic card that records information including department information, receives data on the number of copies from the copying machine, and stores the number of copies 1a for each department in use. The data is stored, the storage area corresponding to the department information is made selectable, the stored number of copies data is displayed, the received number of copies data is added to the number of stored copies data, and a command signal for erasing the data of the number of stored copies is sent. is generated, and either the accumulated copy number data after addition processing or the zero data according to the erase command signal is written into the selected storage area. According to this device, by distributing a recording medium that records information on each department and making it possible to use the recording medium on the condition that the recording medium is read when using a copying machine, data on the number of copies accumulated for each department is stored. It becomes possible to manage copying machines in this way.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, in the conventional copying machine management device, settings such as charge counting method, mode, ID code, paper size, etc. are performed using dip switches provided in the management device, which is very time-consuming.

Since settings must be made for each management device, the amount of work required becomes enormous as the number of copying machines installed increases. Furthermore, the settings set for each individual management device are left to the individual management, and since the settings cannot be searched, there is a problem in that discovery of setting errors, etc. is delayed.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems.In addition to registering information on individual management devices, etc. in a host computer and managing them collectively, the present invention also allows the setting of this information to be performed on the host computer through communication. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information setting method for a recording device management system that can reduce the burden of work and facilitate the discovery and correction of setting errors.

[Means to solve the problem]

In the present invention, a recording device is managed by a host computer through a plurality of relay devices connected to a plurality of management devices, and the host computer totalizes the total number of recorded sheets and the number of recorded sheets for each department, and In addition to calculating the total fee including indirect costs in addition to the corresponding fee, the system calculates the total fee proportionally according to the number of sheets recorded in each department, and also registers setting information of each relay device and management device. This is characterized by having a setting management means for setting the information through communication.

Each management device is attached to a recording device, reads the registration code recorded on a recording medium such as a card, collates the registration code to enable the recording device to perform a recording operation, and counts the management data for each registration code. Storage management and relay equipment
A plurality of management devices are connected, and management data is collected and retained from each management device based on a set time. The host computer controls the management device and relay device, collects management data held in the relay device, performs aggregation calculations, charge calculations, and other processes, as well as registers and configures relay device information and management device information. It becomes possible to collectively manage the information and easily set, search, modify, delete, etc. the information.

[Effect]

The information setting method of the recording device management system of the present invention is such that a relay device aggregates and holds the management data of a plurality of management devices, and a host computer collects the data held by each relay device, and then assigns a registration code for each management device. In addition to separately tabulating and performing fee calculations and other processing, the I/O of each relay device and each management device is
Information such as D-code, charge counting method, paper size, etc. is registered in the host computer, and the information is set in each relay device and each management device through communication, reducing the burden of information setting work, and setting information is also transferred to the host computer. It is possible to centrally manage settings to make it easier to discover and correct configuration errors.

〔Example〕

Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of an information setting method of a recording device management system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a data transfer method between a host computer, a relay device, and a management device. be.

In FIG. 1, recording devices 4-1 to 4-N are recording devices that copy/print out documents, images, photographs, etc. on paper such as copying machines and printers, and management devices 3-1 to 3-N. reads the registered Nil (registration code) of department information etc. on the recording medium such as the card as described above and records it in the recording device 4-1.
4-N is made usable, and its usage information is classified and stored for each registration Nα. For usage information,
For example, if the recording device is a copying machine, ■ monochrome, single color, full color, monochrome tracing paper,
Printing, printing single color, plain color, etc.
There is data that counts the usage of optional functions such as type of copy mode, ■paper size, ■duplex/multiplex, printing machine plate making, reduced copy, enlarged copy, editing/combining copy, etc.In addition, there is a pilling meter. There are values, number of times of toner replenishment, number of times of alarm occurrence, number of times of jam occurrence, daily use start time, use end time, number of operations, usage details for each job, etc. Of course, these are selected depending on what kind of information is required depending on the management purpose, but they are also limited by the data storage capacity of the management devices 3-1 to 3-N.

The relay device 2 is equipped with a communication function, data collection, arithmetic function, and clock function, is connected to the host computer 1, and relays management data between a plurality of subordinate management devices 3-1 to 3-N. It is. This relay device 2 issues a polling signal or the like at a preset time or when instructed to connect a communication line, and sequentially connects each management device 3 to
Total data is collected from 1 to 3-N, held, and transferred to the host computer 1. Each of the management devices 3-1 to 3-N has a terminal unit, and each of the management devices 3-1 to 3-N has a terminal unit.
As explained above in 1 to 3-N, since the aggregated data is stored for each registration N[L, the relay device 2 stores each terminal No.
, and there is also collected data for each registered NCL. However, as the relay device 2, each management device 3-1 to 3-
It is sufficient to hold data in units of terminals, which are aggregated for each terminal number, and data in units of registration numbers, which are aggregated data in the same registration for each terminal number. That is, in this system, each of the management devices 3-1 to 3-3 can be stored using one recording medium.
-N can be accessed and the data of the same registered NCL is aggregated by the relay device.

The relay device 9 is similar to the relay device 2, has a plurality of management devices under its control, and is connected to the host computer 1 through a public line constituted by a modem 8, a PBX 5, and the like.

The host computer 1 directly imports aggregated data from the relay device 2 connected to the communication line, and also imports aggregated data from another relay device 9 connected to the public line through the modem 6, and further transmits the aggregated data to the public line through the modem 6. It is configured to communicate with other systems. This host computer 1 performs daily aggregation, monthly aggregation, etc., calculates charges for each department, issues invoices, and collects statistics for each department and each terminal to analyze operating rates and other usage status. Create data, etc.

In addition, we have means to read keyboards, FDs (floppy disks), memory cards, etc., and we manually collect data related to departments and terminals that cannot be collected online from FDs, memory cards, tapes, keyboards, etc. The data is processed in the same way.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a data transfer method between a host computer, a relay device, and a management device.

As shown in FIG. 2, management data is first transferred between the relay device and the management device multiple times a day.
Management data for one day is accumulated in the relay device. and,
Data transfer is performed between the host computer and the relay device every day.

Basically, a data transfer request is issued sequentially from a higher-level device to a lower-level device, and in response, data is transferred from the lower-level device to the higher-level device. Then, for each stored data, the higher-level device issues a clear instruction after confirming the reception of the data, and upon receiving the clear instruction, the clearing process is executed. In this case, if a special situation occurs in the lower-level device, such as a device error or repair, the lower-level device issues an interrupt request to the higher-level device to perform an emergency data transfer. Bye.

This will be explained in more detail using the example shown in FIG.

The relay device presets the data collection time, for example, six times a day, and issues a data transfer request to the management device at that time. As a result, the management device saves the management data stored in the storage means at that time! ! Transfer to device. The relay device adds the data transferred from the management device to the previous data and stores the added data, and issues a clear instruction to the management device. The management device clears the contents of the storage means to zero based on this clear instruction. This completes one data transfer. In this way, the storage means of the management device is cleared every time data is transferred, and the management data is sequentially added and accumulated in the storage means of the relay device.

In response, the host computer issues a data transfer request to the relay device at the end of each day. Thereby, the relay device transfers the management data stored in the storage means at that time to the host computer. Then, at the end of the month, when the host computer receives management data from the relay device,
Issue a clear instruction to the relay device for the first time. The relay device clears the contents of the storage means to zero in response to this clear instruction.

That is, one month's worth of management data is accumulated in the storage means of the relay device, and is cleared every I months.

Therefore, the host computer stores the previous management data received from the relay device, and the daily total value can be obtained by subtracting the previous management data from the management data received from the relay device. However, for the monthly total value, the management data received from the relay device at the end of the month can be used as is. Note that if the host computer does not collect data for one day due to some circumstances, the management data for that day becomes the previous management data, so the daily management data is set to zero.

As shown in FIG. 3(a), the management data is accumulated for each paper size, mode, and option for the registration code department Nα "001-999" and is stored in the storage means of the management device. For example, the management device reads the registration code of the department krooIJ and gives operation permission to the recording device.
When the usage information of 0 sheets is sent, the management device
o, r 001'' and updates the contents of the storage area. Then, when there is a data transfer request from the relay device, these contents are transferred, and when there is a clear instruction, clear processing is performed by writing zero in these areas. On the other hand, the relay device similarly stores management data for each department Na as shown in FIG. 3(a) and management data for each terminal number as shown in FIG. 6). This management data for each terminal Na is the number of sheets in the total column shown in FIG. 12A in the management data of the management device.

Next, the registration and setting process of information on the relay device and the management device by the host computer will be explained.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a module configuration in a host computer that performs information registration and setting processing for relay devices and management devices.

The screen processing module 10 manages the CC5 (medium device) information processing module 11 and the terminal (management device) information processing module 12, and performs a process of activating each module in accordance with selections on the menu display screen.

The CC5 information processing module 11 is a module that performs CC5 information display processing, registration processing, and communication processing, and the processing procedure will be briefly explained below.

In the CC5 information display process, it is checked whether the port information file is registered, and if it is not registered, it is displayed that the port information is not registered and ends, and the CC5 information index file 23 and CC5 information file 24 are
The CC5 information screen is displayed by referring to the contents of . In this case, depending on the contents of the CC5 information index file 23,
When the registration status is “unregistered”, only the CCS No., and when the registration status is “registered”, the CC3Nα, attributes, model number, presence or absence of modem, port used, number of management devices (terminals) connected to CC3, and installation. When the registration status is "copy request in progress", * is displayed for each item, resulting in a display screen as shown in FIG. 5, for example.

Further, the subsequent processing is performed in response to the operator's function input.

Target CC when executing “register” copy by cursor input
Perform click processing for S NIL.

When the user operates the function key F3 (search) on the display screen of FIG. 5 and inputs the CC3Nα to be searched, the page containing the designated CC3k is displayed on the screen.

Also, function keys F4 (next side), F5 (front side)
When you operate CC5 information index file 23, C
The next page or the previous page is read out from the C5 information file 24 and displayed on the screen.

Further, when the function key F6 (copy) is operated, copy processing is performed. In this process, the registration status of the CC5 information index file 23 is changed from "unregistered" to "copy requested", and the copy source item is
Set C3, N (L, and copy the contents of the copy source to the CC5 information file 24. In this way, the CC5 information of CC3Nα that was clicked in advance is copied to the CC5 information of the specified destination. However, the CC5 information of the specified destination If the information has already been registered, that CC3 will be excluded.

Further, when function key F8 (print) is operated and CC3Nα to be printed is input to specify CC5 of the printing light, printing is performed on the specified CC5 information.

The method of specifying CC5 is the same as in the case of copying.

Furthermore, when the function key FO (menu>) is operated, the process ends.

Next, registration processing will be explained.

Operate function key Fl (registration) to select the specified CC.
3N (L, for example, when you click 12, the CC5 information processing module 11 selects CC3 from the CC5 information file 24.
N (Read the contents of 112 and write CC as shown in Figure 6
5 Display on the information registration screen.

On this screen, the installation location, model number, serial Nα, installation date, attributes, person in charge, location (person in charge), modem presence,
Data can be corrected and selected for each item: modem ID, modem location (modem), baud Nα, and polling time. For example, when you operate the function key F2 (update), a logic check is performed on the installation date, whether a telephone number has been entered when a modem is included, and whether at least one polling time has been entered. Also, check whether the time specification is correct, whether the attribute is set in connection with the settings, if the modem is input, force the port (Nα) to the specified value, and if the port No. is set to AlB, other CC3 We check to see if it has been assigned, and if there is an error, we will say "There is a human error."
will be displayed. Next, enter the password, check whether the input password matches the registration password in the password table, and if they match, send registration data to CC5 through communication processing and perform registration. .

If communication ends normally, CC5 information processing module 1
1 updates the CC8 information file 24 with the modified contents. Note that if the communication is not normal, it is possible to select whether or not to forcefully update the contents of the CC5 information file.

In addition, by operating the function key F7 (delete) and entering the password, CC5 data deletion is executed by communication processing in the same way as in the case of updating. If the communication is completed normally, the CC8 information processing module 11 is , target C
The registration status of the CC5 information index file 23 of C5 is set to "unregistered". If the communication is not normal, you can choose whether to forcibly delete it or not, as in the case of updating.

In addition, by operating function key F9 (EXIT), if there is a setting input, it is possible to select to invalidate the data, and if there is no setting manual, it is possible to return to the state of the display screen shown in Figure 5. can.

In addition, by operating the function key FO (menu), you can select to invalidate the data when setting input is performed, and if invalid is selected, the process ends.
If there is no setting input, the display screen returns to the state shown in FIG. 5.

Next, communication processing will be explained.

In the communication processing, information setting processing to the CC 5 and information setting processing to other systems and manual input terminals are performed.

In the information setting process for CC5, if the device that updated or deleted data is CC8, the modem ID.

Sent unconditionally when any polling time is updated or deleted.

If the target CC 5 is connected by modem, a line connection is first made.

For example, in the case of CC5 time setting, the host computer sends a C00 command to the CCs as shown in FIG. 7(a). As a result, the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second are set, and when the settings are completed, the CC3 returns an E95 command and the setting process ends.

If the modem rD1 data collection time is set to CC5, the CO from the host computer is
One command is sent to CC3, the modem ID is 8 digits, and the data collection time is hours and minutes for a maximum of 6 times. In this case, the modem ID before modification is transmitted, and if they match, it is changed to a new ID.

When the setting is completed, the CC5 returns an E95 command to the host computer, and the setting process ends.

Department allocation (copy number data for each department), B-RIC (
Pilling f-9'), XRAY (raw data'),
When setting the terminal Nn that collects each data of D-RIC() CHI/DONOR EXCHANGE NUMBER DATA> to CC3, CO2 is sent from the host computer as shown in Fig. 7(C).
Send a command to CC3. As a result, the terminal Nα, the presence or absence of department reassignment, the presence or absence of B-RIC (7), the
The presence or absence of Y, the presence or absence of D-RIC, and the presence or absence of a setting change flag change are set.

When the setting is completed, the CC5 returns an E95 command to the host computer, and the setting process ends.

To check the setting status of CC5, send the CO5 command as shown in Figure 7(d) and enter the time, modem ID,
Confirm the data collection time and check whether there is departmental assignment, pilling data collection, raw data collection for terminal Nα,
When the confirmation is completed, CC5 sends C to the host computer.
15 command is sent and the confirmation process ends.

When the host computer receives the E95 command from CC3, it disconnects the line if CC5 is connected by modem. Note that if an error occurs during transmission/reception, an error message is displayed.

Furthermore, if the updated or deleted device is another system or a manual input terminal, it is sent unconditionally when either the modem ID or expansion size is updated or deleted.

The terminal information processing module 12 is a module that performs terminal information display processing, registration processing, and communication processing, and the processing procedure will be briefly explained below.

First, refer to the CC5 information index file 23,
Check whether ICC5 or higher is registered, and check if ICC5 or higher is registered.
5. If the information is not registered, an error message is output and the process ends.

In the display process, the terminal information screen is displayed with reference to the contents of the terminal information index file 25 and the terminal information file 26. In this case, terminal information index file 2
According to the contents of 5, if the registration status is “unregistered”, terminal N
α only, if the registration status is "registered", the terminal NFL, line status, CCSNα, terminal model number, model name, installation location, and if the registration status is "1 copy request in progress", for each item * are displayed, for example, as shown in FIG.

Further, the processing of free drop is performed according to the operator's function input.

The cursor input performs a click process on the target terminal NCL when executing "registration" and "copy".

When the terminal number to be searched for is input by operating the function key F3 (search) on the display screen of FIG. 8, a page containing the specified terminal Nα is displayed on the screen.

Also, function keys F4 (next side), F5 (front side)
When operated, the terminal information index file 25 and terminal information file 26 are read out and the next page or previous page is displayed on the screen.

Further, when the function key F6 (copy) is operated, copy processing is performed. In this process, the registration status of the terminal information index file 25 is changed from "unregistered" to "copy requesting", and the copy source item is set to the copy source terminal N.
CL is set, and the contents of the copy source terminal are copied to the terminal information file 26. However, the previous month's meter and the current month's meter are not eligible for copying. In this way, the terminal information of the previously clicked terminal Nα is copied to the specified destination terminal information.

However, if the specified terminal information has already been registered, that terminal will not be eligible.

Furthermore, when the user operates the function key F8 (print) and inputs the terminal for printing & to specify the terminal of the printing light, printing is performed on the specified terminal information. The method of specifying the terminal is the same as for copying.

Furthermore, when the function key FO (menu) is operated, the process ends.

Next, registration processing will be explained.

When the function key Fl (registration) is operated and a predetermined terminal N11L, for example 001 is clicked, the terminal information processing module 12 selects the terminal Nα from the terminal information file 26.
The contents of 001 are read out and displayed on the terminal information registration screen as shown in FIG. On this screen, install location, model name, serial N(L, manufacturer name, installation date, contract, attributes, person in charge, location, raw data collection, pilling collection, input, output, previous month's meter, current month's meter, management) Device model number, line type, management device serial, option, management device installation date, mode, counting method, ID code, pattern N (LSCC3N (L can be corrected and selected manually. For pattern Nα, , when clicking pattern Nα, refer to the standard size index file 20 and standard size information file 21 in FIG.
A standard size information screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed and pattern NcL is selected.

On the display screen shown in Figure 9, function key F2
When you operate (update), a logic check of the installation date and ID is performed.
It is checked whether the code, pattern Nα, and CC3Nα have been input, and if there is an input error, input them again. Next, enter the password, check whether the input password matches the registration password in the password table, and if they match, send the registration data to the terminal using communication processing and register. . If communication ends normally,
The terminal information processing module 12 updates the modified content in the terminal information file 26. Note that if the communication is not normal, you can choose whether or not to forcefully update the contents of the terminal information file. Furthermore, when CCS N[L is changed, the CC5 information file 24 is also changed at the same time.

In addition, by operating the function key F7 (delete) and entering the password, the data on the terminal is deleted through communication processing in the same way as in the case of updating. If the communication ends normally, the terminal information processing module 12 , sets the registration status of the terminal information index file 25 of the target terminal to "unregistered". If the communication is not normal, you can choose whether to forcibly delete it or not, as in the case of updating.

In addition, by operating the function key F9 (EXIT), you can select to invalidate the data if there is human power to set it, and return to the state of the display screen shown in Figure 8 if there is no human power to set it. can.

In addition, by operating the function key FO (menu), you can select to invalidate the data if a setting input is made, and if you select invalid, the process ends, and if there is no setting input. The display returns to the state of the display screen shown in FIG.

Next, communication processing will be explained.

In the communication processing, information setting processing for the CC 8 and information setting processing for the terminal are performed.

In the information setting process to the CC3, department assignment, pilling data collection, raw data collection, etc. are set, and the information is sent unconditionally when a terminal is newly registered, when pilling data collection/raw data collection is changed, or when deleted.

In addition, in the setting process for the terminal, the ID code, mode, counting method, and management size are set.
It is sent unconditionally when either the counting method or the pattern Nα is updated or when it is deleted.

If the target CC 5 is connected by modem, a line connection is first made.

Next, for example, in the case of setting the time of the terminal, see Figure 11 (a
), when the host computer sends a T20 command to CC5, CC8 sends a T2 command to the terminal.
0 command is sent, and the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second are set by this, and once the setting is done, CC5 will change to C98.
The command is returned and the setting process ends.

When setting the version code to a designated terminal or designated department, as shown in FIG. 11(b), when the host computer sends a T22 command to CC5,
CC5 sends a T22 command to the terminal, thereby setting a version code in the card, and once the setting is completed, CC5 returns a C98 command and the setting process ends. Note that the version code is used to prevent troubles such as when the card is dropped by preventing copying even if the department code matches if the version code does not match.

When setting the version code to all departments of the designated terminal, as shown in Figure 11 (C), when the host computer sends the T23 command to CC5, the CC5
A T23 command is sent to the terminal, thereby setting the version code for all departments of the designated terminal, and when the setting is completed, CC5 returns a C98 command and the setting process ends.

To set department copy control (prohibition/warning/cancellation),
72 from the host computer as shown in Figure 11 (
When the T24 command is sent to the CC3, the CC3 sends the T24 command to the terminal to set prohibition/warning/cancellation. Once the settings have been made, the CC5 returns a C98 command and the setting process ends.

Mode I/II, whether to set the ID code as 2 digits or 8 digits, counting method as total number, area, or length, ID code, management size (
To set the size, mode, options) on the terminal, use the T21 command. In this case, first see Figure 11 (
As shown in e), the host computer sends a T25 command to the CC5 and the CC5 to the terminal to prohibit copying, and sends a CO4 command to collect data on the terminal. This is because if the T21 command is sent while there is data in the terminal, the data will be destroyed. When a C98 command indicating the end of copy prohibition setting is returned in response to the T25 command, the host computer transmits a C04 command to CC5. The CO4 command is for forcing the CC5 to collect data from a designated terminal. The CC8 performs polling (P75) to first collect the department reassignment data P89, and clears the department reassignment data using the P76 command. B-RIC data P81 is collected again by the P75 command. B-RI
Since the C data is not cleared, the X-RAY data is collected next using the P75 command. X-RAY data is P
Clear with 76 command. Next, D-RIC data P83 is collected using the P75 command. When the completion of downloading the data from the terminal to the CC5 is confirmed using the C95 command, the data held by the CC8 is collected to the host computer. First, the department allocation data S57 is collected using the 348 command, and the department allocation data is cleared using the S49 command. Next, send the B60 command and
After collecting C data B63, X 65
Collect the AYf-data X67 and clear the X-RAY data with X66. In addition, on the host computer, D-R
IC data is not collected. With data collection completed in this way, from the host computer to CC3 T21:
At the same time, CC5 sends T2 to the terminal.
Send one command to set each item.

After confirming the completion of the settings using the C98 command, use the CO2 command to set whether or not to collect raw data and pilling data.
A T25 command is sent to the CC5 and the terminal to cancel the copy prohibition, and when the cancellation is completed, a C98 command is returned and the setting process ends.

To check the setting status of the terminal, send T26:] from the host computer as shown in FIG. returned through. In addition, if the device is not registered or there is a communication error, CC
398 is sent from No. 5 to the host computer.

When the setting process is completed in this way, the line is disconnected if the CC3 is connected in mode. Note that if an error occurs during transmission/reception, an error message will be displayed.

As described above, information about the CCS and the terminal can be registered in a file held by the host computer, and the registration information can be set for the CCS and the terminal through communication.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, relay device information and management device information are stored and managed in a host computer, and when modification, deletion, etc. Since the data is read out, updated, and the updated data is sent to the relay device and management device for setting, it is possible to set information efficiently, and each intermediate thread device, Information on each management device can be searched using files held by the host computer, making it easy to discover configuration errors.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the structure of one embodiment of the period aggregation method of the recording device management system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the data transfer method between the host computer, the relay device, and the management device. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of management data, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a module configuration, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a CC3 information display screen, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a CC5 information registration screen, Figure 7 is a diagram for explaining communication processing for CC5 information setting, Figure 8 is a diagram showing a terminal information display screen, Figure 9 is a diagram showing a terminal information registration screen, and Figure 10 is a diagram showing a standard size information display screen. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining communication processing for setting terminal information. 1... host computer, 2.9... relay device,
3-1 to 3-N...management device, 4-1 to 4-N...
Recording device, 5...PBX, 6-8...Modem, 10
...Screen processing module, 11...CC3 information processing module, 12...Terminal information processing module, 20
...Standard size index file, 21...Standard size information file, 22...Extended size information file, 23...CC3 information index file, 2
4... CC5 information file, 25... Terminal information index file, 26... Terminal information file. Applicant Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A plurality of management devices that are attached to the recording device and enable the operation of the recording device by collating the registration code, and store and manage management data including the number of sheets recorded by the recording device and other usage information by counting the number of sheets recorded by the recording device, according to the registration code; management devices are connected, and a relay device collects, aggregates, and holds management data from each management device based on a set time, controls the management device and relay device, collects management data held in the relay device,
The host computer is equipped with a host computer that calculates charges and performs other processing by aggregating by management device and registration code. An information setting method for a recording device management system, characterized in that the information setting method is performed in a recording device management system and is managed in a unified manner.