Xerox Corporation

Sara Kleiman

Charles Robert Carlson

Shanti Villarreal

Brent Rodney Jones

Ashok Murthy

James Patrick VanWinkle

Mark Simon Boyt

Paul Ronald Herman

Peter Charles Rapley

Christopher Dale Iburg

James Patrick VanWinckle

Methods and systems are presented for managing prepaid usage of document processing devices, in which an account manager system () automatically purchases prepaid account credits for customer accounts and applies print units to document processing devices registered to customer accounts periodically and according to preset top off thresholds () subject to predefined limits (), and in which customer computer agents () allow just in time printing using devices with job-based application of print units to selected devices.

Methods and system for managing credit card usage in pre-paid printing system accounts

Document processing devices and methods are presented, in which the device stores a remaining print unit value in its memory that represents the amount of print units currently available to enable the device to perform the document processing operations, and a programmable computer of the device selectively performs document processing jobs for users and decrements the remaining print unit value until the value reaches zero and the device provides for expenditure of print units according to color content and/or coverage levels determined for a given job.

Pre-paid document processing devices and operating methods

Methods and systems are presented for managing document processing device usage in which a customer accesses a management system to buy and pay for account credits, and to apply print units to specific managed device by conversion of account credits based on current pricing information for the specified account and the particular device at the time of the request.

Methods and apparatus for managing pre-paid printing system accounts

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Sara Kleiman