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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
May. 18, 2023
Masataka Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print management system includes a cloud storage server and an information processing apparatus. The cloud storage server includes a memory that stores a print permission/prohibition condition, a usage amount of consumables used in printing an internal document for each employee of the each entity, and a completion status of a requested amount of the printing based on the usage amount for the each employee. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry to execute a print material determination application to: determine whether a print material is permitted to be printed as the internal document; execute the printing job of the print material according to a result of determination; store the usage amount by the printing job in the cloud storage server; provide a record relating to the requested amount of the printing; and store the completion status of the requested amount of the printing in the cloud storage server.