INFORMATION PROCESSOR, OPTIMUM ARRANGEMENT PROPOSAL SYSTEM, OPTIMUM ARRANGEMENT PROPOSAL METHOD, OPTIMUM ARRANGEMENT PROPOSAL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor, an optimum arrangement proposal system, an optimum arrangement proposal method, an optimum arrangement proposal program and a recording medium, for proposing optimum arrangement of apparatuses such as a printer, a copying apparatus, or a scanner on a network.;SOLUTION: In this optimum arrangement proposal system 1, an optimum arrangement proposal device SS and a remote optimum arrangement proposal device CS each obtain at least processing performance of an apparatus Kb and a plurality of apparatuses Ka1-Kam connected to the network NW, and actual amount of use in a prescribed period of the apparatus Kb and the apparatuses Ka1-Kam as apparatus information, and each propose the optimum arrangement of the apparatus Kb and the apparatuses Ka1-Kam so as to minimize consumption of a saving item while maintaining minimum processing capability based on the saving item and the apparatus information when the minimum processing capabilities of the apparatus Kb and the apparatuses Ka1-Kam required in the whole network NW are set and the saving item is specified as a target in the optimum arrangement for minimizing the consumption.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT