MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT DEVICE

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MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT DEVICE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18830688 titled 'MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT DEVICE

Original Abstract Submitted

There is provided a control method for a management device that manages a storage container that stores a consumable item used in a printing apparatus, the method causing a processor of the management device to function as a granting unit configured to grant a privilege of a first amount to a user when the user brought in a first number of storage containers in a collecting action of bringing the storage container into collection equipment for collecting the storage container and grant the privilege of a second amount to the user when the user brought in a second number of storage containers more than the first number of storage containers in the collecting action. A value obtained by dividing the second amount by the second number is larger than a value obtained by dividing the first amount by the first number.