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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuya Okuno, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing device includes a print engine and a controller. The print engine is configured to perform printing until an allowed printing amount reaches a first threshold value. The allowed printing amount is decreased from an initial value as printing proceeds, while increased in accordance with a particular guaranteed printing amount guaranteed by a printing privilege given to a user. The controller is configured to obtain a print job, detect that the allowed printing amount reaches the first threshold value, interrupt the print job when the allowed printing amount reaches the first threshold value, and determine whether a particular condition is satisfied when the allowed printing amount reaches the first threshold value. When the particular condition is not satisfied, the controller deactivates an unprocessed part of the print job. When the particular condition is satisfied, the unprocessed part of the print job is retained so as to be resumed.