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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Takashi Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus connected to a printout control server is disclosed that manages the number of pages printed by the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a page borrowing part for requesting the printout control server to lend X number of pages, a printing part for printing P number of pages after the page borrowing part borrows X number of pages from the printout control server, and a page returning part for returning X-P number of pages to the printout control server.