Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Akio Watanabe

Takuji Nomura

Naoki Takashima

Toshiyuki Tezuka

Kenji Kuwana

Yoichi Utaka

An inspecting apparatus for inspecting a performance of a circuit baseboard. The inspecting apparatus includes a PLD having a circuit for inspecting the circuit baseboard based upon a response signal from the circuit baseboard. A file storing device may be provided so as to store at least one PLD file in a memory. A correspondence assigning device is provided so as to assign correspondence of a PLD file to a circuit baseboard and register information of the correspondence in the memory. A list displaying device may be provided so as to display a list of a plurality of circuit baseboards to be viewed. A determining device may be provided so as to determine a type of a circuit baseboard selected from the list of a plurality of circuit baseboards via the list display.

Processing system and method using recomposable software

A method of charging for use of a facsimile apparatus, using an information processing unit provided therein, is disclosed that includes the steps of (a) the information processing unit obtaining the amount of facsimile transmission; (b) the information processing unit obtaining a transmission condition specified by a user; and (c) the information processing unit calculating a charge for the facsimile transmission using the amount of facsimile transmission and a charge corresponding to the transmission condition. The information processing unit stores data on the charge corresponding to the transmission condition for the facsimile transmission.

Charging method and charging apparatus

A charge method for charging a usage fee of an image forming apparatus is disclosed. The charge method includes the steps of a) storing contents source data and contents source fee data corresponding to the contents source data, b) obtaining a first data item selected by a user, c) obtaining one item of the contents source data selected by the user, d) generating image formation information based on the first data item and the one item of the contents source data selected by the user, and e) calculating a charge fee corresponding to the image formation information in accordance with the contents source fee data.

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Yokohama, Japan

Akio Watanabe