Management apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
A management apparatus includes a predicting unit and a notifying unit. The predicting unit acquires progress information indicating progress of an image forming process from an image forming device that forms a three-dimensional image, and predicts a completion time of the image forming process. The notifying unit provides a notification about the completion time predicted by the predicting unit to a device owned by a user using the image forming device. The predicting unit re-predicts the completion time as the image forming process progresses. In a case where a difference between a previously-notified completion time and a newly-predicted completion time reaches a predetermined extent, the notifying unit provides a notification about the newly-predicted completion time.
1. A management apparatus comprising:
a processor programmed to
acquire progress information indicating progress of an image forming process from an image forming device that forms a three-dimensional image, and predict a completion time of the image forming process, and
provide a notification about the predicted completion time of the image forming process in the image forming device to a device owned by a user using the image forming device,
wherein the processor re-predicts the completion time of the image forming process in the image forming device as the image forming process progresses, and
wherein, in a case where a difference between a previously-notified completion time and a newly-predicted completion time reaches a predetermined extent, the processor provides a notification about the newly-predicted completion time.
2. The management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor causes a display included in the image forming device to display the predicted completion time.
3. The management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor minimizes the notification about the newly-predicted completion time until the progress of the image forming process reaches a predetermined extent, as compared with the notification after the progress of the image forming process reaches the predetermined extent.
4. The management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor provides the notification about the newly-predicted completion time at a first time point if the difference at the first time point is larger than the difference at a second time point at which the image forming progress has progressed further than the first time point.
5. The management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor provides the notification about the completion time by using electronic mail.
6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a management program loaded in an information processing apparatus and causing the information processing apparatus to operate as a management apparatus that executes a process, the process comprising:
acquiring progress information indicating progress of an image forming process from an image forming device that forms a three-dimensional image, and predicting a completion time of the image forming process; and
providing a notification about the predicted completion time of the image forming process in the image forming device to a device owned by a user using the image forming device,
wherein the completion time of the image forming process in the image forming device is re-predicted as the image forming process progresses, and
wherein, in a case where a difference between a previously-notified completion time and a newly-predicted completion time reaches a predetermined extent, a notification about the newly-predicted completion time is provided.
7. A management apparatus comprising:
predicting means for acquiring progress information indicating progress of an image forming process from an image forming device that forms a three-dimensional image, and predicting a completion time of the image forming process; and
notifying means for providing a notification about the completion time of the image forming process in the image forming device predicted by the predicting means to a device owned by a user using the image forming device,
wherein the predicting means re-predicts the completion time of the image forming process in the image forming device as the image forming process progresses, and
wherein, in a case where a difference between a previously-notified completion time and a newly-predicted completion time reaches a predetermined extent, the notifying means provides a notification about the newly-predicted completion time.