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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuki Ichikawa, Gamagori, JP;
Yuichiro Sakuragi, Ichinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1239 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer has a function of restricting a number of printing during a particular period for each user ID. When printing is performed, a computer updates a counter value of the number of printing associated with a user ID corresponding to the printing, and restricts printing corresponding to the user ID when the counter value reaches an upper limit. When an individual operator is operated in an administrator PC, the computer initializes the counter value associated with the user ID corresponding the individual operator.