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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Teruhito Kojima, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Teruhito Kojima, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing method is provided for printing on a medium with a color material by a printer including a cartridge accommodating section that removably accommodates a cartridge to which an advance payment information storage section for storing therein advance payment information is attached and which contains the color material. The printing method includes the steps of: reading/writing the advance payment information to/from the advance payment information storage section of the cartridge accommodated in the cartridge accommodating section; outputting a print driving signal for controlling to print; printing by using the color material in the cartridge based on the print driving signal outputted by the print controlling step; acquiring the print driving signal outputted by the print controlling step and converting the print driving signal to accounting information; and settling the advance payment information read by the advance payment information reading/writing step by the accounting information converted by the print driving signal converting step.