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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kei Sadakuni, Kiyosu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/34 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/346 (2013.01); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17589 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1218 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06F 3/1226 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing system includes an acquirer, a comparator, a calculator, and an allocator. The acquirer acquires the number of media printed by a first printing device installed at a first location. The comparator compares the number of printed media acquired by the acquirer with the number of media specified based on a billing amount. The calculator calculates a first number of printable media of the first printing device based on the comparison by the comparator. The allocator allocates at least a part of the first number of printable media calculated by the calculator as a second number of printable media to a second printing device installed at a second location. The second printing device can perform printing as a billing target based on the second number of printable media.


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