Seiko Epson Corporation

Mitsuhiko Maejima

Yoshihiro Ueno

Motofumi Shiraiwa

Shinji Takahashi

An ink billing system is used between a client company Xthat prints information and a printer manufacturer that supplies ink cartridges (or toner) to company X. Company Xhas a main server, a plurality of in-store serversin communication with the main server, and a plurality of inkjet (or laser) printerseach having an ink cartridge(or toner) for printing according to commands from the in-store server. When billing company Xbased on the number of ink shots (or drum charging time) used by the printersand stored on the main server, the terminal deviceof the printer manufacturer changes the billing rate per unit of ink according to the ink shot count (or drum charging time).

Ink billing system with changeable billing rate table

An ink billing system is used between a client company Xthat prints information and a printer manufacturer that supplies ink cartridges (or toner) to the company X. The company Xhas a main server, a plurality of in-store serversin communication with the main server, and a plurality of inkjet (or laser) printerseach having an ink cartridge(or toner) for printing according to commands from the in-store server. When billing the company Xbased on the number of ink shots (or drum charging time) used by the printersand stored on the main server, the terminal deviceof the printer manufacturer changes the billing rate per unit of ink according to the ink shot count (or drum charging time).

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Mitsuhiko Maejima