Printing authority management system, printing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

Abstract

A printing authority management system includes a terminal device, a printing apparatus, and an information management device configured to communicate with the printing apparatus and the terminal device via a network, and manage the printing apparatus and increase an allowable printing amount of the printing apparatus in accordance with a predetermined guaranteed printing amount guaranteed by a printing authority acquired from an expense of a user. The printing authority management system includes a storage that stores a threshold and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: execute automatic purchase of the printing authority in response to satisfaction of a threshold condition based on the threshold; grant the automatically purchased printing authority to the user or the printing apparatus; and add the guaranteed printing amount corresponding to the granted printing authority to the allowable printing amount of the printing apparatus.