Office machine, such as laser printer or copier, has circuits for detecting consumable levels, e.g. toner, and automatic re- ordering when a threshold level has been exceeded via a communications network

摘要

Machine or printer has circuits (2-5, 19) for determination of the consumption of a consumable such as toner in a laser copier or printer and connection circuits (18) for connection to a transmission network (20) for ordering replacement product when a threshold level has been exceeded.