Patent · US Expired

Method, device system and computer program system for carrying out maintenance on a printing or copying system

US7505161B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

29Claims

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Assignee

Oce Printing Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Berthold Kathan · Birkenfeld, DE
Peter Braun · Hungen, DE
Thomas Schmidt-Behounek · Ebersberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2002
Grant date	Mar 17, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/1205
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a system and method for maintenance of a printing or copying system, at least two system computers are provided comprising a central device control computer and a raster process computer. A print data network connection is provided for incoming print data or copy data to be rastered. A print data network connection is provided for incoming print data or copy data to be rastered. At least one of the system computers is designed as a service connection computer. A maintenance computer is connected to a maintenance data connection on the service connection computer. Control programs are loaded from the maintenance computer onto the service connection computer via a network connection.

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