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A consumable item supplying system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses each using a plurality of consumable items, for example, copysheets, toner, and so on. The consumable item supplying system includes a consumable item manual requesting operation for manually requesting a consumable

A consumable item supplying system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses each using a plurality of consumable items, for example, copysheets, toner, and so on. The consumable item supplying system includes a consumable item manual requesting operation for manually requesting a consumable item from each of the image forming apparatuses. A central controller orders a consumable item from a consumable item supplier or the like when the consumable item is requested from one of the image forming apparatuses, and a data communication device can receive data representing a consumable item request by polling each of the image forming apparatuses and sending the polling results from the image forming apparatus to the central controller.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A consumable item supplying system comprising:a plurality of image forming apparatus, each image forming apparatus using at least one consumable item:each image forming apparatus including consumable item manual inputting means for manually inputting consumable item infor

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A consumable item supplying system comprising:a plurality of image forming apparatus, each image forming apparatus using at least one consumable item:each image forming apparatus including consumable item manual inputting means for manually inputting consumable item information, including at least one of a type and an amount of consumable items to be ordered;central control means for sending data to each of said plurality of image forming apparatus by a polling operation and for receiving data from each of said image forming apparatus corresponding to respective of said input consumable item information, and further for ordering said consumable items based on said input consumable item information; anddata communication means for communicating data representing said consumable item information from each of said plurality of image forming apparatus to said central control means.